The Vernacularization of English: Crossing Global Currents to Re-Dress West-Based TESOL

Autor/in	Ramanathan, Vaidehi
Titel	The Vernacularization of English: Crossing Global Currents to Re-Dress West-Based TESOL
Quelle	In: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 3 (2006) 2-3, S.131-146 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-7587
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Teacher Education; Language Variation; Western Civilization; Cultural Differences; Language of Instruction; Translation; Indo European Languages; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Sprachenvielfalt; Kultureller Unterschied; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Indoeuropäisch; Indien
Abstract	Based on a long-term, evolving exploration regarding English language teaching and learning in English-and vernacular-medium settings in Gujarat, India, this paper offers a discussion of two key points: 1) the degree to which English is vernacularized in multilingual postcolonial contexts, and 2) ways in which vernacular pedagogic practices are effective ways of learning and teaching English. The paper then moves into discussing the implications of such points for west-based TESOL--specifically teacher education--which has historically viewed vernacular pedagogic practices in non-western contexts as not being "effective" or "communicative." The paper concludes with a discussion of what I, as insider to both communities--a native to India and a partial practitioner of west-based TESOL teacher-education--am doing to build bridges between the two realms that have hitherto remained relatively separate. (Contains 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10