Hindi is our ground, English is our sky : education, language, and social class in contemporary India /

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A sea change has occurred in the Indian economy in the last three decades, spurring the desire to learn English. Most scholars and media venues have focused on English exclusively for its ties to processes of globalization and the rise of new employment opportunities. The pursuit of class mobility,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LaDousa, Chaise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Temas:
Education > Social aspects > India.
Language and education > India.
Language policy > India.
English language > Study and teaching > India.
Social classes > India.
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement > Inde.
Classes sociales > Inde.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Education > Social aspects
English language > Study and teaching
Language and education
Language policy
Social classes
India
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On mother and other tongues: language ideology, inequality, and contradiction
  • Disparate markets: the uneven resonance of language-medium schooling in the nation
  • Advertising in the periphery: modes of communication and the production of school value
  • An alter voice: questioning the inevitability of the language-medium divide
  • In and out of the classroom: a focus on English.

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