When The Other Tongue appeared in 1982, it was called "required reading for all those concerned with English teaching in non-native situations, from the classroom teacher to the policy planner", Jowhn Platt, English World-Wide) and "an extremely useful and stimulating collection" (William C. Ritchie, Language). It introduced refreshingly new perspectives for understanding the spread and functions of English around the world.
This dramatically revised volume contains eight new chapters, replacing or updating more than half of the first edition. The Other Tongue is the first attempt to integrate and address provocative issues relevant to a deeper understanding of the forms and functions of English within different sociolinguistic, cross-cultural, and cross-linguistic contexts. The volume discusses linguistic, literary, pedagogical, and attitudinal issues related to world Englishes.
| ISBN: | 9780252062001 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 1992 |
| Author: | Braj B Kachru |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | English in the Global Context |
| Genres: |
Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills Historical and comparative linguistics Teaching of a specific subject Language teaching and learning |