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	The Hegemony of English (Series in Critical Narrative) Donaldo Macedo, Panayota Gounari, ... Paradigm Publishers, 2003 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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The Hegemony of English succinctly exposes how the neoliberal ideology of globalization promotes dominating language policies. In the United States and Europe these policies lead to linguistic and cultural discrimination while, worldwide, they aim to stamp out a greater use and participation of national and subordinate languages in world commerce and in international organizations such as the European Union. Democracy calls for broad, multi-ethnic participation, and the authors point us toward more effective approaches in an increasingly interconnected world.

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Very Illuminating and Critical

In one of Gingrich's most recent speeches, he "equated bilingual education...with the `language of living in the ghetto.'" While this argument is fed in snippets to the general public, the larger implications of such absurd rhetoric goes largely unquestioned. In "The Hegemony of English," the authors probe into some of the deeper and more poignant issues regarding the debate over bilingualism. They point to the fact that some of our policies go against the avalanche of research that supports bilingualism. If the education of our children is the most important issue, then why are we not listening to the educational research? Why are we still striving to create a monolingual society despite the fact that there are many positive aspects to being bilingual? Check out Language, Power, and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 23) for more information regarding bilingual education.

Not the best reading in the world, but definitely something that educators should be knowledgeable about. It is short book with a deep and important message.

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