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Publication details [#46985]

Kurzon, Dennis. 2003. Where East Looks West. Success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast. (Multilingual Matters). Multilingual Matters. 180 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | historical explanation | language contact | language proficiency | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

This study argues that both historical and sociolinguistic factors, although inconclusively, account for the constant success of Konkani speaking Indians, living in Goa and to the south of Goa, in the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language) .