LEADER 03978nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910809766403321 005 20240410080633.0 010 $a1-280-82846-3 010 $a9786610828463 010 $a9781853597712 010 $a1-85359-771-6 024 7 $a10.21832/9781853597718 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245113 035 $a(EBL)235031 035 $a(OCoLC)568233021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147741 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176949 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147741 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10015875 035 $a(PQKB)10848419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235031 035 $a(DE-B1597)514077 035 $a(OCoLC)1088925965 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781853597718 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL235031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10110162 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL82846 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245113 100 $a20040210d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe English-vernacular divide $epostcolonial language politics and practice /$fVaidehi Ramanathan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aClevedon ;$aBuffalo $cMultilingual Matters$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (155 p.) 225 0 $aBilingual Education & Bilingualism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-85359-769-4 311 0 $a1-85359-770-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-137) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Vernacular in a Divisive Postcolonial Landscape --$tChapter 2. Divisive Postcolonial Ideologies, Language Policies and Social Practices --$tChapter 3. Divisive and Divergent Pedagogical Tools for Vernacular and English-medium Students --$tChapter 4. The Divisive Politics of Divergent Pedagogical Practices at College Level --$tChapter 5. The Divisive Politics of Tracking --$tChapter 6. Gulfs and Bridges Revisited: Hybridity, Nativization and Other Loose Ends --$tAfterword: Some Personal Notes --$tAppendix 1: Details of Research Data --$tAppendix 2: Some Historical Dates Marking the Enforcement of Particular Educational Policies --$tAppendix 3: Divergent Minimal Levels of Learning (MLLs) for VM and EM Students --$tAppendix 4: Examples from Curricula and Examination Papers --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThis book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system. 410 0$aBilingual Education & Bilingualism S., No. 49 606 $aEnglish language$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aEnglish language$xPolitical aspects$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aLanguages in contact$zCommonwealth countries 606 $aPostcolonialism$zCommonwealth countries 607 $aCommonwealth countries$xLanguages 615 0$aEnglish language 615 0$aEnglish language$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aEnglish language$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aLanguages in contact 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a420/.9171241 686 $aHF 563$2rvk 700 $aRamanathan$b Vaidehi$f1965-$01599087 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809766403321 996 $aThe English-vernacular divide$93921640 997 $aUNINA