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Where East looks West : success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast /

The aim of this text 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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kurzon, Dennis
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2004.
Collection:Multilingual Matters S.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Macro-linguistic Environment
  • A Sociolinguistic Look at India
  • The Status of Konkani
  • The Konkani-Marathi Controversy, the 2000-01 Version
  • English in Goa
  • Caste and Migration as Social Phenomena in Goa
  • Field Study and Analysis
  • Language Acquisition
  • Testing the Students
  • Results from Questionnaire
  • English in India
  • Multilingualism
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language Act 1987.