A peripherist view of English as a language of decolonization in post-colonial India

Language Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-206

  Vaish, Viniti ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Decolonization; Globalization; India; Pedagogies of the poor; Post colonial theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944435503     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: 15731863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-005-3523-7     Document Type: Review

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