03981nam 2200781 a 450 991078377460332120230207223751.01-280-82846-3978661082846397818535977121-85359-771-610.21832/9781853597718(CKB)1000000000245113(EBL)235031(OCoLC)568233021(SSID)ssj0000147741(PQKBManifestationID)11176949(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147741(PQKBWorkID)10015875(PQKB)10848419(MiAaPQ)EBC235031(DE-B1597)514077(OCoLC)1088925965(DE-B1597)9781853597718(Au-PeEL)EBL235031(CaPaEBR)ebr10110162(CaONFJC)MIL82846(EXLCZ)99100000000024511320040210d2005 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe English-vernacular divide[electronic resource] postcolonial language politics and practice /Vaidehi RamanathanClevedon ;Buffalo Multilingual Mattersc20051 online resource (155 p.)Bilingual Education & BilingualismDescription based upon print version of record.1-85359-769-4 1-85359-770-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137) and indexes.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 --IndexThis 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.Bilingual Education & Bilingualism S., No. 49English languageCommonwealth countriesEnglish languagePolitical aspectsCommonwealth countriesEnglish languageSocial aspectsCommonwealth countriesEnglish languageVariationCommonwealth countriesLanguages in contactCommonwealth countriesPostcolonialismCommonwealth countriesCommonwealth countriesLanguagesEnglish languageEnglish languagePolitical aspectsEnglish languageSocial aspectsEnglish languageVariationLanguages in contactPostcolonialism420/.9171241HF 563rvkRamanathan Vaidehi1965-1501410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783774603321The English-vernacular divide3869784UNINA