Institute of English Language and Literature
University of Sind, Jamshoro
Course Outline 2nd Semester, 2019
BS Part II, Course No: 410
History 0f English Language
Contemporary Issues
Teacher Concerned: Shoaib A. Shah
1. Language and Society
2. English Language and Cultural Imperialism
3. Expansion of English Language: Socio-political factors
4. English, the dominant language
5. Linguistic Imperialism: theoretical foundations Distribution of Marks
6. Earlier work relevant to Linguistic Imperialism Final Test: 25
7. The colonial linguistic inheritance Mid Term: 15
8. British and American promotion of English *Assignment and V.V 10
9. Arguments in Linguistic Imperialist discourse
10. Linguistic Imperialism and ELT
“A r t i c l e s”
1. The Hidden Political Agenda of Teaching English as an International Language. Yadullah Kazmi
2. English-only Europe? Challenging language policy Robert Phillipson
3. Realities and Myths of Linguistic Imperialism Robert Phillipson
4. Globalization and the Myth of Killer Languages: What’s really going on? Salikoko S. Mufwene
5. Ending Academic Imperialism: a Beginning C. K. Raju
6. Education and the new Imperialism Leon Tilky
7. Cultural Imperialism as Education: An Indictment Robert Koehl
8. Language policy in US: A history of cultural genocide Eduardo H. Chaves
9. Education and Imperialism Carlton R. Deonanan
10. Politics and English Language Georg Orwell
11. The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language Alastair Pennycook
12. English: from British Empire to corporate empire Robert Phillipson
Note: *You may select any topic from aforementioned list for assignment. You need to follow APA style while
composing your assignment. There will be a brief discussion or interview from Assignment.
Last Date: 17 to 19-10-2019
“All submission is evil because it goes to strengthen evil”. M. Gorky
Suggested Reading
Spichtinger, Daniel. 2003. Spread of English and its Appropriation. Germany. Fakultat an Universitat Wien.
Lewis, M.M. 1947. Language in Society. Edinburgh. Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited
Pennycook, Alastair. 1998. English and the Discourse of Colonialism. Canada. Routledge
Pennycook, Alastair. 2001. Critical Applied Linguistics. New Jersey. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers
Crystal, David. 1997. English as a Global Language. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Crystal, David. 2003. Language Death. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Canagarajah, A. Suresh. 1999. Resisting linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching. London. Oxford University Press
Phillipson, Robert. 1992. Linguistic Imperialism. London. Oxford University Press
Aitcheson, Jean. 2001. Language change, Progress or Decay. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
Rehman, Tariq. 1999. Language Education and Culture. Karachi. Oxford University Press
Rehman, Tariq. 2002. Language, Ideology and Power. Karachi. Oxford University Press
Skutnabb-Kangas,Tove. 2000. Linguistic Genocide in Education. New Jersey. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers
Muhlhausler, Peter. 1996. Linguistic Ecology. London Routledge
Errington, Joseph. 2008. Linguistics in Colonial World. Australia. Blackwell Publishing Limited
Fanon, Frantz. 1967. Black Skin White Masks. United Kingdom. Pluto Press.
Mansoor, Sabiha. 2009. Emerging Issues in TEFL. Karachi. Oxford University Press
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove & Phillipson, Robert. 1995. Linguistic Human Rights. Berlin. Mouton de Gruyter
Suggested Videos/Clips/Documentaries
1. Riz Khan: Linguistic imperialism? - YouTube
2. International Conference on Academic Imperialism - Tehran, Iran (PART 1 2) - YouTube
3. A peoples history of American imperialism by Howard Zinn – YouTube
4. David Crystal - Should English be taught as a 'global' language - YouTube
5. Romila Thapar: India's past and present — how history informs contemporary narrative - YouTube
6. linguistic imperialism.wmv – YouTube
7. NO to the genocide of the Corsican language – YouTube
8. TEDxDubai. 2010. Patricia Ryan Mind your language.mov – YouTube
9. Paulo Freire - An Incredible Conversation – YouTube 1. (visit: www.filmsforaction.org)
10. Paulo Freire - Karl Marx (subtitled) – YouTube 2. (visit: www. eacpe.org)
11. Peter McLaren - Critical Pedagogy, Social Justice and the Struggle for Peace – YouTube
12. An Evening with Ngugi Wa Thiong'o – YouTube
13. N. Chomsky Education for Whom and For What – YouTube
14. Why and how UK and USA decided to conquer the world linguistically– YouTube
15. The Role of a Scholar Ngugi Wa Thiong'o – YouTube
16. Henry Giroux On The Corporatization Of American Education– YouTube
