Author : Viniti Vaish
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847690327
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Book Synopsis Biliteracy and Globalization by : Viniti Vaish
Download or read book Biliteracy and Globalization written by Viniti Vaish and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2008 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes how the urban disadvantaged in the city of New Delhi learn English. Using qualitative methods the author discusses the pedagogy, texts and contexts in which biliteracy occurs and links English language teaching and learning in India with the broader social and economic processes of globalization in a developing country. The study is situated in a government school, a site where classrooms have rarely been qualitatively described, and where the Three Language Formula (TLF) is being fundamentally transformed due to increasing demand from the community for earlier access to the linguistic capital of English. Through research conducted in a call centre the author also shows what the requirements of new workplaces are and how government schools are trying to meet this demand.