Fw: H-ASIA: Comment re: CFP Future of English in Light of Globalization, Transculturalism & Internationalization, Denmark, Oct. 2011

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: Comment re: CFP Future of English in Light of
Globalization, Transculturalism & Internationalization, Denmark, Oct. 2011

> H-ASIA
> May 10, 2011
>
> Comment re: Future of English conference
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> From: Ian Welch <ian.welch@anu.edu.au>
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> An interesting posting given the complexity surrounding the teaching of
> English in English-speaking countries. School curriculum reform in
> Australia, under the banner of "National Curriculum" has thrown up similar
> comments on the issue of classical texts v contemporaneity. Similar
> complexity has arisen in the Christian religion, where modern language has
> almost completely replaced the older forms and new texts of the Bible,
> Prayer Books, Hymnals abound. The emergence of modern language in the
> churches parallels the massive decline in religious observances in much of
> the English-speaking world but that is not to attribute decline in
> religion to language shifts but rather to shifts in social values,
> scientific understanding of the world, and so on.
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> Ian Welch, Canberra
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