The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality

Name: The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality
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Global Pressures, National Priorities and Schooling in India

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Education, Poverty and International Development

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Based on policy analysis and empirical data, this book examines the problematic consequences of colonial legacies of language policies and English language education in the multilingual contexts of the Global South. Using a postcolonial lens, the volume explores the raciolinguistics of language hierarchies that results in students from low-income backgrounds losing their mother tongues without acquiring academic fluency in English. Using findings from five major research projects, the book analyzes the specific context of India, where ambiguous language policies have led to uneasy tensions between the colonial language of English, national and state languages, and students’ linguistic diversity is mistaken for cognitive deficits when English is the medium of instruction in schools. The authors situate their own professional and personal experiences in their efforts at dismantling postcolonial structures through reflective practice as teacher educators, and present solutions of decolonial resistance to linguistic hierarchies that include critical pedagogical alternatives to bilingual education and opportunities for increased teacher agency. Ultimately, this timely volume will appeal to researchers, scholars, academics, and students in the fields of international and comparative education, English and literacy studies, and language arts more broadly. Those interested in English language learning in low-income countries specifically will also find this book to be of benefit to their research.

Author Biography:

Maya Kalyanpur is Professor of Inclusive Education, Department of Learning and Teaching at the University of San Diego, USA. Padmini Bhuyan Boruah is Professor and Head, Department of English Language Teaching at Gauhati University, India. Sarina Chugani Molina is Associate Professor in English Language Education, Department of Learning and Teaching, University of San Diego, USA. Sunaina Shenoy is Assistant Professor in the Educational Diagnostic Certificate Program, Department of Special Education, University of New Mexico, USA.

Release date NZ

December 30th, 2022

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Series

Education, Poverty and International Development

Pages

200

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

8 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white

ISBN-13

9780367646189

Product ID

35929116

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