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On EFL Teachers, Awareness, and Agency.

Peer reviewed

Canagarajah, A. Suresh – ELT Journal, 1999

Contrasts linguistic imperialism and linguistic hybridity and comments on a previous article that suggests the role of English in endangering regional languages and cultures no longer holds true. The role of the English-a-as-Foreign-Language teacher is discussed. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Dominance, Language Role

Reply to Canagarajah.

Peer reviewed

Rajagopalan, Kanavillil – ELT Journal, 1999

Responds to comments by Canagarajah, which were written in response to an article that suggested that the role of English in endangering regional languages and cultures no longer holds true. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Dominance, Language Role

Of EFL Teachers, Conscience and Cowardice.

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Rajagopalan, Kanavillil – ELT Journal, 1999

Discusses the view that the spread of English is endangering many regional languages and their corresponding cultures. Suggests that this view is based on premises that no longer hold true in a world marked by cultural intermixing and growing multilingualism. Implications for the English-as-a-Second-Language teacher are highlighted. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Colonialism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Dominance