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Jabeen, Firasat – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
This paper identifies the issues of internal orientalism that are reproduced at a micro level within Pakistan because of English linguistic imperialism. The unequal education system engenders attitudes of English supremacy. Orientalism supports global divisions East and West wherein the former is subservient to the latter. This division is…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes
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Rahman, Tariq – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Traces the controversy about the medium of instruction in Pakistan, beginning with the use of English for elitist education in pre-partition days. Notes that the official policy is opposed by the indigenously educated proto-elite, who would find entry into positions of power easier if Urdu was used and nobody was educated in English. (63…
Descriptors: Employment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes