Language Education, Politics and Technology in South Asia - Shaping Inclusive Societies, Identities, and Futures

Bringing together research from the fields of linguistics, education and technology within the dynamic context of South Asia, this timely book investigates the ways in which these fields interact with each other against the backdrop of technological innovation, linguistic diversity, and socio-political transformation.

List of contents

Introduction: Language and Education Futures in South Asia
Part I: Language and Politics
Chapter 1 - Youth Perspectives on Hindi, English and India's New Politics of Language: Becoming Bharat
Chapter 2 - Language Textbooks as a Site of Conflict in India: The Phenomenon of 'Erased Curriculum'
Chapter 3 - The Challenges of Literacy Acquisition and Linguistic Proficiency in Multilingual Educational Landscape of Pakistan
Chapter 4 - Mother-tongue-based Education and Indian Teachers' views on Language Policy Reforms by the Bharatiya Janata Party
Chapter 5 - Unofficial Bilingualism in English-only Policy Context: A Postmethod Pedagogy for Difficult Circumstances in Rural Government Schools of Tamil Nadu
Part II: Language and Inclusivity
Chapter 6 - Kerala's Language Directive and the Erasure of Gendered Teacher Identities
Chapter 7 - Multilingualism and globalisation in remote trans-Himalayan India: How topography and place-experience impact language learning
Chapter 8 - Future of education in Bangladesh: Everyday politics of language between competition, integration, and modernisation
Chapter 9 - Language Documentation, Dialects, and Education among the Naawa of Nepal
Part III: Language and Technology
Chapter 10 - Indian Languages and Language Acquisition Apps: My Phone Won't Teach Me Malayalam
Chapter 11 - Remembering Nepal Bhasa through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Translations: Language, Technology and Indigenous Memory
Chapter 12 - Navigating the Pedagogical Implications of Digital Education in Bangladesh
Chapter 13 - Remote virtual teacher communities in Sri Lanka: Difficulties and possibilities

About the author

Uma Pradhan is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.
Mohini Gupta has completed a DPhil from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, UK. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Summary

Bringing together research from the fields of linguistics, education and technology within the dynamic context of South Asia, this timely book investigates the ways in which these fields interact with each other against the backdrop of technological innovation, linguistic diversity, and socio-political transformation.

Product details

• Authors: Uma (University of Oxford Pradhan
• Assisted by: Mohini Gupta (Editor), Uma Pradhan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032792729
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279272-9
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, History, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, Sociolinguistics, Humanities, Regional Studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Indian sub-continent, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts