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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968865603321

Autore

Kurzon Dennis

Titolo

Where East looks West : success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast / / Dennis Kurzon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2004

ISBN

9786610828241

9781853596751

9781280828249

1280828242

9781853596759

1853596752

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Multilingual Matters

Disciplina

428/.0071/054799

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - India - Goa (State)

English language - Study and teaching - Konkani speakers

Language and culture - India - Goa (State)

Konkani language - India - Goa (State)

Test of English as a Foreign Language

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. 151-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Sociolinguistic Look at India -- Chapter 2: The Status of Konkani -- Chapter 3. The Konkani–Marathi Controversy – the 2000–01 Version -- Chapter 4. English in Goa -- Chapter 5. Caste and Migration as Social Phenomena in Goa -- Chapter 6. Language Acquisition -- Chapter 7. Testing the Students -- Chapter 8. Results from Questionnaire -- Chapter 9. English in India -- Chapter 10. Multilingualism -- Chapter 11. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of the book is to explain the constant success in the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) of speakers of the Indian language, Konkani, who live in Goa and to the south of Goa. The evidence seems to point, although inconclusively, to historical and sociolinguistic factors, some of which pertain to India as a whole, while



others are unique to the Konkani-speaking regions.