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Theme : globalenglish
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Decoding the language enviroment
...One, standard English is critical to education as the language of curriculum and to success internationally, as the code of the educated. Two, that standard English (the official, formal language of the English-speaking world) is not the prerogative of the British, Americans or Australians. There are many Singaporeans who use standard English. Three, that books, reading and literature are integral to children learning about, and engaging with, language...
from : petebradwell
3rd August 2006
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Only English...?
The debate over English-only education in the US is a fascinating example of how a state's linguistic policy has serious implications for it's internal cultural and identity dynamics. There are a slew of news articles examining the high-level political arguments. Here's a few: Forbes, Washington Post, channel3000.I wonder if, in the way that the debate is tied with questions of ownership, centre-periphery relations and the linking of laguage to a particular cultural history, the debate isn't...
from : petebradwell
27th July 2006
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The Murder of the English Language
A key area in thinking about the future of the English language is that of standards - the maintenance of the base rules of grammar and punctuation that define a 'proper' language.To what extent can the UK claim to be the standard-bearer for a particularly authentic English language? Why would it? What are the benefits? What do we gain or lose from abandoning the strictures of an official language?And there's a further set of problems, based around the links between those standards and a...
from : petebradwell
21st July 2006
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Global English
Essay on 'Global English' - what it is, what it means - whether it exists.
from : petebradwell
20th July 2006
