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...only when you come out of the community that you realize there are many different varieties [of English]. In that particular context, if they’re in that position, they have a much greater responsibility. To just say that it’s not standard English??that’s not really helpful. 12.FM: Your husband, Lawrence D. Bobo, is also an esteemed race sociologist. Do you consider yourselves the power couple of Af-Am studies? MM: We’re a couple, we’re a very happy couple but—we?...
...this week and my teacher passed around the room a newspaper clipping about “Spanglish.” The article discussed not the Adam Sandler movie, but rather the phenomenon—or, as some would say, “problem”—of English??s pervasiveness in Spain. It’s true, English phrases are ubiquitous here. When young people here mean “blue jeans,” they say “blujin” instead of “pantalones azules...
...globalization of English is less a manifestation of the squashing of foreign mores than a reflection of today’s reality: a mingling of cultures. The RAE worries about English??s infiltration into Spain, but English, too, is increasingly peppered with foreign—particularly, Spanish—words. (I used “Adios!” long before I enrolled in a Spanish class.) According to the 2000 census, over 46 million people living in U.S. speak a language other than English at home. Like foreigners, Americans feel threatened. American politicians have turned whether...
...Culture is often preserved even when language is lost. Many today are familiar with Greek myths; few can speak or read ancient Greek. Further, loan words in English??common words like “rendezvous” and “fiesta” that are borrowed from other languages—illustrate that English words (and the ideas behind them) don’t automatically replace foreign ones (and the ideas behind them). On the contrary, language encourages a linguistic survival-of-the-fittest. If a foreign idea is so nuanced as to not have an English...
...Many other similar programs have arisen, especially in Asia where the demand for English is particularly high. Such international opportunities, however, fail to consider the broader implications of global language politics. Selma Sonntag articulates the complexities of language policy, describing the global hegemony and “stampede towards English?? around the world—to which TESOL programs contribute—which to some degree undermines the agency of cultural and linguistic minorities. If the goal of our academic institutions is exchange, then perhaps exchange would be better balanced by limiting the number of English student teachers...