Is English Salvific? Myth-Busting "God's Language"

Autor/in	Harries, Jim
Titel	Is English Salvific? Myth-Busting "God's Language"
Quelle	In: Journal of English as an International Language, 15 (2020) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1718-2298
Schlagwörter	Language Variation; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Native Speakers; Standard Spoken Usage; Foreign Policy; Language Role; Biblical Literature; Religious Factors; Language Attitudes; Global Approach; Student Attitudes; Language Planning; Christianity; Language Usage; Language of Instruction; African Languages; Foreign Countries; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachenvielfalt; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Muttersprachler; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Außenpolitik; Bibel; Sprachverhalten; Globales Denken; Schülerverhalten; Sprachwechsel; Christentum; Sprachgebrauch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Ausland; Kenia
Abstract	From intercultural experience, and following scholarly analysis, this article blows the whistle on the supposed advantages of the development of diverse "World Englishes." While native-speaker English is rooted in biblical faith, global Englishes may not represent either good theology, or good sense. The ongoing popularity of native-speaker English as standard amongst Englishes reflects the inadequacy of prior understandings that all languages are neutral, equally functional, and extra-contextual. Native-agency of colonised people historically having raised English's profile, does not excuse the West from responsibility for subsidising its language globally. English nowadays spreads in a supposedly secular world "as if" it is itself divine, displacing the Gospel of Jesus from its rightful ascendance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01