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Trouble is, this entails studying entirely in a foreign language for 16 years. See: http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/2015/11/propagating-english-to-help-india.
by gnipgnip 10y ago
Trouble is, this entails studying entirely in a foreign language for 16 years.
See:
http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/2015/11/propagating-english-to-help-india.html http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/2015/11/propagating-english-...
Many at this point jut in by saying "English is ours, you Heathen!", but really though it is not. India's English proficiency index was lower than China and Japan in 2011 [2] (before magically jumping up).
I've been extremely disappointed with India. There is very little awareness of political systems, even while many get drawn into pompous nationalism. Everyone is obsessed with how the best of Indians leave for the US, and are greedily optimizing for how to get a share of that sweet sweet dough. This from language teachers,writers to engineers, scientists. When Sanskrit/Kannada teachers start spouting English for class signalling, you realize there is no hope for India (much as with Africa). It's not surprising that the power centers of Indology are in the US.
Also see,
[1] http://sankrant.org/2011/03/the-english-class-system-2/ http://sankrant.org/2011/03/the-english-class-system-2/
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Decolonising-Mind-Studies-African-Literature/dp/0435080164 https://www.amazon.com/Decolonising-Mind-Studies-African-Lit...
[3] http://www.ef.co.th/sitecore/__/~/media/efcom/epi/pdf/EF-EPI-2011.pdf http://www.ef.co.th/sitecore/__/~/media/efcom/epi/pdf/EF-EPI...
- RCortex 10y agoMost of what you've said doesn't appear to have citations or evidence backing it up. Power centers in the US? Source? Everyone is trying to leave? From what I've heard India doesn't have enough opportunities for everyone so some people try to leave. Also India has 10+ different languages, all I see you citing are two. > There is very little awareness of political systems Uh-huh. Right. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India. Have you ever heard of a parliamentary, democratic republic? They have a constitution and 3 branches of government too. I'm just googling shit here and I already appear to know more than you do.
- gnipgnip 10y ago> I'm just googling shit here and I already appear to know more than you do. Perhaps Google can teach you reading comprehension too.
- walshemj 10y agoEnglish or the Indian version is an official language