3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind… and Out of Line: Language Education in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements xiv
5. Series Editor’s Note xv
6. The Genesis of this Book xvii
7. Foreword xx
8. Introduction: English Language as Thief 1
9. 1. The Challenge – Ndaraca ya Thiomi: Languages as Bridges 11
10. 2. English Language as Bully in the Republic of Nauru 18
11. 3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind… and Out of Line: Language Education in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 37
12. 4. English Language as Juggernaut – Aboriginal English and Indigenous Languages in Australia 60
13. 5. English Language as Nemesis for Ma¯ori 76
14. 6. A Personal Reflection: New Zealand Māori and English 104
15. 7. The Malchemy of English in Sri Lanka: Reinforcing Inequality through Imposing Extra-Linguistic Value 107
16. 8. English Language as Governess: Expatriate English Teaching Schemes in Hong Kong 133
17. 9. English Language as Auntie: Of ‘Good Intentions’ and a Pedagogy of Possibilities – ELT in the Philippines and its Effects on Children’s Literacy Development 158
18. 10. It’s Not Always English: ‘Duelling Aunties’ in Brunei Darussalam 175
19. 11. English Language as Siren Song: Hope and Hazard in Post-Apartheid South Africa 191
20. 12. English Language as Border-Crossing: Longing and Belonging in the South Korean Experience 208
21. 13. English and Mandarin in Singapore: Partners in Crime? 221
22. 14. English Language as Intruder: The Effects of English Language Education in Colombia and South America – a Critical Perspective 244
23. Afterword: Could Heracles Have Gone About Things Differently? 255
24. Coda: One Colonial Language: One Great Tragic Epic. 263 English in Malaysia and Beyond 263