The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / / Vaidehi Ramanathan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956058403321
• Autore: Ramanathan Vaidehi <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2005
• ISBN: 9786610828463; 9781853597712; 9781280828461; 1280828463; 9781853597718; 1853597716
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Collana: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Classificazione: HF 563
• Disciplina: 420/.9171241
• Soggetti: English language - Commonwealth countries; English language - Political aspects - Commonwealth countries; English language - Social aspects - Commonwealth countries; English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries; Languages in contact - Commonwealth countries; Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries; Commonwealth countries Languages
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Vernacular in a Divisive Postcolonial Landscape -- Chapter 2. Divisive Postcolonial Ideologies, Language Policies and Social Practices -- Chapter 3. Divisive and Divergent Pedagogical Tools for Vernacular and English-medium Students -- Chapter 4. The Divisive Politics of Divergent Pedagogical Practices at College Level -- Chapter 5. The Divisive Politics of Tracking -- Chapter 6. Gulfs and Bridges Revisited: Hybridity, Nativization and Other Loose Ends -- Afterword: Some Personal Notes -- Appendix 1: Details of Research Data -- Appendix 2: Some Historical Dates Marking the Enforcement of Particular Educational Policies -- Appendix 3: Divergent Minimal Levels ; of Learning (MLLs) for VM and EM Students -- Appendix 4: Examples from Curricula and Examination Papers -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system.