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“What absolute drivel, what rubbish, what poppycock.”
We launched As You Like It yesterday here at Demos. We had a really interesting discussion that touched on some fascinating areas covered in the report - language learning, global powers, international development. Thanks to everyone that came down, and especially to our speakers and panellists David Graddol and Simon Anholt who shared with us their considerable insights and expertise. There was some ripe coverage yesterday of our pamphlet too...
from : petebradwell
16th March 2007
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Democtionary
We've just launched the pamphlet As You Like It: Catching up in an age of global English. In it, we argue that Engish has developed around the world into something called 'global Engish' - which is best described as a family of language rather than one, single language with roots in one particular space.There are lots of different forms spoken around the world, for lots of different purposes - people use English to communicate for business; some have taken on the language and developed...
from : petebradwell
15th March 2007
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Connecting with Citizenship education: a mapping study
Study on the best ways to teach citizenship by NFER
from : petebradwell
28th November 2006
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Lessons from Bulgaria
Discussions about eastern Europe – especially those countries that are due to join, or have just the joined, the EU – tend to fall into two categories. First, there are the negative stories that express worries about immigrants from the new member countries coming to the UK in droves, distorting the lower end of the labour market, or placing even greater strain on overstretched public services. Second, there are more positive descriptions of the role that eastern...
from : hannahlownsbrough
16th October 2006
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Only English...?
The debate over English-only education in the US is a fascinating example of how a state's linguistic policy has serious implications for it's internal cultural and identity dynamics. There are a slew of news articles examining the high-level political arguments. Here's a few: Forbes, Washington Post, channel3000.I wonder if, in the way that the debate is tied with questions of ownership, centre-periphery relations and the linking of laguage to a particular cultural history, the debate isn't...
from : petebradwell
27th July 2006
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Channelnewsasia.com
English language teaching in Singapore
from : petebradwell
26th July 2006
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The Observer | Comment | Suddenly, we all want to speak in tongues
Article on the apparent trend in British people learning languages. My favourite line - 'the government...is discovering its inner Chomsky...'
from : petebradwell
24th July 2006
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The Murder of the English Language
A key area in thinking about the future of the English language is that of standards - the maintenance of the base rules of grammar and punctuation that define a 'proper' language.To what extent can the UK claim to be the standard-bearer for a particularly authentic English language? Why would it? What are the benefits? What do we gain or lose from abandoning the strictures of an official language?And there's a further set of problems, based around the links between those standards and a...
from : petebradwell
21st July 2006
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Global English
Essay on 'Global English' - what it is, what it means - whether it exists.
from : petebradwell
20th July 2006
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English grip on internet being eroded from Guardian Unlimited: Technology
Blog post on English and the internet.
from : petebradwell
17th July 2006
