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Publication details [#57913]

Bhattacharya, Usree. 2013. Mediating inequalities: exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school. Current Issues in Language Planning 14 (1) : 164–184.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | language of instruction | multilingualism | social status

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This case study involving five young multilingual, orphaned children inhabiting suburban New Delhi and attending an English-medium village school, reveals how private Indian schooling for poor children results in limited English acquisition (as opposed to intentions).