Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia - (Language, Education and Diversity) by Shaila Sultana & Pramod K Sah
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Highlights
- Identifies diverse language uses in sociolinguistically underexplored formal domains of education in South Asia.
- About the Author: Shaila Sultana is a Professor and the Director of the BRAC Institute of Languages, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
- 280 Pages
- Education, Inclusive Education
- Series Name: Language, Education and Diversity
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About the Book
This book presents research from South Asian contexts to explore the feasibility, acceptance and prospects of translingual practices in English language classrooms. It highlights the marginalisation sustained through English language education and persistent monolingual biases and suggests steps to ensure linguistic rights and social justice.
Book Synopsis
Identifies diverse language uses in sociolinguistically underexplored formal domains of education in South Asia.
This book presents empirical research from a wide range of South Asian contexts, in order to develop critical understandings of the intricate relationships between translingual practices, language education, social justice and equity. The chapters explore the feasibility, acceptance and prospects of translingual practices as meaningful communication and pedagogic practices in South Asian English language classrooms.
The authors identify diverse language uses in sociolinguistically unexplored formal domains of education and address the persistent monolingual biases and ideologies, hegemonic language policies and negative attitudes towards non-standard varieties of English and other languages within these contexts.
The book raises awareness of the marginalisation, violence, intolerance and injustice sustained through English language education in South Asia and suggests steps to ensure linguistic rights, linguistic equity and social justice.
This book is Open Access under a CC BY NC ND license.
About the Author
Shaila Sultana is a Professor and the Director of the BRAC Institute of Languages, BRAC University, Bangladesh. Her recent publications include the co-authored book Popular Culture, Voice and Linguistic Diversity (2018) and co-edited handbooks, Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh (2021) and Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond (2024). She is on the editorial boards of several journals, including Language in Society, Journal of English-Medium Instruction, Ampersand and Journal of AsiaTEFL.
Pramod K. Sah is an Assistant Professor of English Language Education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology. His primary area of scholarly focus revolves around investigating how colonial and liberal ideologies in language policy and practices create socioemotional and educational disparities among diverse students.
