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

• Autore: Kurzon Dennis
• Pubblicazione: Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 p.)
• Disciplina: 428/.0071/054799
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Where East looks West
• ISBN: 1-280-82824-2; 9786610828241; 9781853596751; 1-85359-675-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780466303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Multilingual Matters S.