Complex Issue: Effect of English on nations discussed 

The guest speaker highlighted the formation of cultures with inferiority complex regarding English language


APP April 11, 2017
The guest speaker highlighted the formation of cultures with inferiority complex regarding English language. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS

RAWALPINDI: The Women Research and Resource Centre (WRRC) of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Rawalpindi organised on Monday a lecture on English Cultural Imperialism and Confused Nations. The guest speaker, Dr Asantha U Attanayake Barborich from the University of Colombo highlighted the formation of cultures with inferiority complex regarding English language learning and teaching. She elaborated the influence of English language and on learners, speakers and those who were not-so-fluent with the language. She said that countries with shared colonial history, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have placed English as an integral part of their education systems. Therefore, the research scholar at Pennsylvania State University, said English as a key factor for higher education, upward mobility and a gateway to the western world has clearly established its power in these countries.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2017.

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