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San Jose State University

SJSU ScholarWorks Faculty Publications

Linguistics and Language Development

1-1-1995

Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India B Kumaravadivelu San Jose State University, [email protected]

Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub Part of the Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons Recommended Citation B Kumaravadivelu. "Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1995): 424. doi:10.1017/S0272263100014364

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SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISIDON: SOCIOCULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC ASPECI'S OF ENGLISH IN INDIA. R. K Agnihotri and A. L. Khanna (Eds.). New Delhi: Sage, 1994. Pp. xiii + 389. $39.95 cloth. A disturbing drawback of the present practice of theory construction in SLA is that it has a Euro-American bias in terms of contributions and data collection. Theories are proposed, critiqued, defended. and accepted without taking into consideration certain crucial aspects of SLA that emanate from the experiences of researchers, teachers, and learners from the so­ called third world. This volume provides some food lor thought lor those researchers and practitioners who are wilting to take a peep into a non-Eurocentric, multilingual setting in which English as a second language is learned and used. This edited volume focuses on tbe sociocultural and linguistic aspects of English in India. It consists of 23 articles written by Indian scholars based in India, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The contributors explore, among other issues, tbe phonologi­ cal, lexical, syntactic. semantic, and pragmatic aspects of Indian English, the role ol attitudes and motivation in the acquisition of English as a second language in India, the emergence of indigenized varieties of English, and the role and place of English in India after independence. The papers are grouped under five sections: (a) varieties of English (theory and practices), (b) English in the Indian multilingual setting, (c) linguistic aspects of Indian English, (d) sociolinguis­ tic aspects, and (e) curriculum reforms and communicative aspects. The book succinctly brings out the dynamism that characterizes complex multilingual set· tings in which languages in contact take on complementary roles and shows how the division of roles may contribute to cohesion, not just to conflict It also brings out the inadequacy of constructs such as interlanguage, fossilization, pidgioization, creolization, and transfer for understanding/theorizing language use and learning purpose in multilingual settings. The vol­ ume contains a detailed discussion on the implications of SLA research to various aspects of language teaching in a multilingual, multicultural society. It ends with a critical look at the methodological design followed by contnbutors and the conclusions they have derived. In short, this is an excellent resource for theorists as well as practitioners of language learning and teaching. (Received 7November 1994)

B. Kumaravadlvelu San Jose State University

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