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English in Kerala: Plus �a change?

This article overviews the status, ecology, use, and the teaching/learning of English in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It does so along two overlapping dimensions. A socio-demographic dimension situates the ecology of English in Kerala in the generalIndian context, and relates it to the ethno...

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Main Author: P. Bhaskaran Nayar
Format: Printed Book
Published: TESL-EJ 12.3, December 2008 2008
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/003216.pdf
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