status and functions of english

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STATUS AND FUNCTIONS OF

ENGLISH


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STATUS OF ENGLISH

With the dawn of independence a controvers

!e"an a!o#t the p$ace% i&portance and st#d ofEn"$ish'

(eop$e $i)e C' *a+a"opa$achari favo#red itsretention at its p$ace% #nder the in,#ence of

nationa$is&'

The ar"#ed that En"$ish !ein" a forei"n$an"#a"e% was responsi!$e for a ver "reat wasteof st#dents ti&e and ener"'


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Dec$ared that st#dents co#$d $earn and e-presstheir ideas &ore easi$ in their .other/ton"#e'

In free India% En"$ish co#$d not !e a$$owed toocc#p the position of privi$e"e'

Then re"iona$ $an"#a"es sho#$d deve$oped and

that Hindi sho#$d rep$ace En"$ish'


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Independent India %st have its own nationa$$an"#a"es'

The 0ritish co$onia$ ad&inistration e&p$oedEn"$ish and enco#ra"ed its #se as it wanted tocreate an e$ite'

En"$ish is #sed in the ad&inistrative service andin )e 1e$ds

s#ch as ed#cation% science techno$o"'


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The $ar"est n#&!er of En"$ish spea)ers in the wor$d isin India'

En"$ish is virt#a$$ the 1rst $an"#a"e for &an

ed#cated Indians'

.#$ti $in"#a$ Indians who #se it as a second $an"#a"ein di2erent o3cia$ conte-ts'

The 4556 7India Toda8 s#rve s#""ested that a!o#ta third of the pop#$ation has the a!i$it to carr on aconversation in En"$ish'


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It can !e inferred that there are aro#nd 9:;&i$$ion En"$ish spea)ers in India'

Hindi is the o3cia$ $an"#a"e of the co#ntr'

En"$ish is de1ned as the associate o3cia$$an"#a"e'

In a co#ntr in which si-teen nationa$ $an"#a"esand 4


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THREE LANGUAGE -FORMULA

In 45:;% schoo$s has adopted the three $an"#a"efor$a'

It consists of providin" ed#cation in the re"iona$$an"#a"e in Hindi and En"$ish'

En"$ish 1nds a s#ita!$e p$ace in three $an"#a"efor$a approved ! the Chief .inisters Conference'

Accordin" to this a chi$d st $earn%

>4? .other ton"#e i'e re"iona$ $an"#a"e'


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>=? Nationa$ $an"#a"e'

>9? En"$ish'

The Indian Ed#cation Co&&ission &odi1ed athree $an"#a"e for$a'

It provides for the st#d of En"$ish in o#r schoo$as an i&portant s#!+ect of c#rric#$#&'


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Accordin" to this% ever st#dent has to st#dEn"$ish at one sta"e d#rin" his sta at thesecondar schoo$'

The re"iona$ $an"#a"e is to !e ta#"ht fro& c$ass $to @'

Hindi as the second $an"#a"e to !e introd#ced inc$ass v and ta#"ht co&p#$sori$'


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En"$ish has &aintained a sort of he"e&on insevera$ areas

a $ar"e n#&!er of !oo)s %&a"aBines andnewspapers are p#!$ished in En"$ish'

(eop$e are &otivated to $earn En"$ish to 1nd a "ood+o! as it is considered as the $an"#a"e of power andpresti"e'

En"$ish is not on$ ed#cated peop$e prero"ative% ita$so serves as 7$in"#a franca8 to cover socia$ andc#$t#ra$ "aps


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0 #sin" code switchin" and code &i-in"%vario#s aspects of the spea)ers identit can !erevea$ed'


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FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH

(re Independence En"$ish occ#pied a ver i&portantp$ace in India'

It is the o3cia$ $an"#a"e of the ad&inistration%

&edi#& of instr#ction and s#!+ect of st#d in Indianschoo$s'

En"$ish $an"#a"e has occ#pied an i&portant p$ace in

Ed#cation% Co#rts% Co&&erce Ind#str'

Lan"#a"e attracts peop$e !eca#se of the wea$th of$iterat#re'


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En"$ish is avai$a!$e to #s as a historica$ herita"ein addition to o#r own $an"#a"e'


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ENGLISH AS A LINK

LANGUAGE It acts as a $in) $an"#a"e in the wor$d% which

connects the peop$e of the wor$d with one another'

In the a!sence of a nationa$ $an"#a"e %En"$ish iscontainin" and wi$$ contin#e to !e a $in) $an"#a"eof the co#ntr'

It is the co&&on $an"#a"e of the peop$e of vario#s

re"ions and nations' En"$ish has e&er"ed as a co&&on $an"#a"e

!etween centre and states'


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(andit awahar$a$ Nehr# said that $an"#a"e $in) is a"reat $in) !etween #s and En"$ish spea)in" peop$e'

D#rin" internationa$ &eetin"s and conventions%

Indian peop$e p#t forward their view points in En"$ish'

It is the on$ $an"#a"e to e-press o#r opinion in thea2airs of the wor$d'

En"$ish wi$$ he$p to esta!$ish socia$% c#$t#ra$% andpo$itica$ re$ations with other co#ntries of the wor$d'


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ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL

LANGUAGE

It is the 1rst $an"#a"e of the United States ofA&erica% Canada A#stra$ia'

En"$ish is spo)e and read ! &i$$ions of E#ropians %

Africans% Chinese% Indians% apanese and So#thA&ericans as a second $an"#a"e'

En"$ish is the $an"#a"e for internationa$% po$itica$ and

ind#stria$ re$ations with the co#ntries of the wor$d'

Thro#"h En"$ish we can co&nicate o#r opinions inthe a2airs of the wor$d'


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En"$ish he$ps in !rin"in" #s c$oser to the rest ofthe wor$d'

Witho#t En"$ish % Indian ind#str wo#$d !eca&ean iso$ated is$e in the ocean of the wor$d'


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LIBRARY LANGUAGE

En"$ish is the )e of the storeho#ses of )now$ed"e'

The ro$e of En"$ish as $i!rar $an"#a"e !eco&esi&portant in India'

It is on$ $an"#a"e thro#"h which &a-i&)now$ed"e can !e i&parted to st#dents'

The othari Ed#cation Co&&ission has ri"ht$stressed that En"$ish wo#$d p$a a vita$ ro$e inhi"her ed#cation as an i&portant $i!rar $an"#a"e'


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Even tho#"h so&e Universities have switchedover to re"iona$ $an"#a"e as &edi#& ofinstr#ction in h#&anities'

The have not e-tended this step to co#rse inscience% $aw % &edicine% en"ineerin" anda"ric#$t#re'


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WINDOW ON THE WORLD

Nehr# has ri"ht$ said that En"$ish is o#r &a+orwindow on the wor$d'

It )eeps #s infor&ed a!o#t the advance&entta)in" p$ace thro#"h o#t the wor$d'

En"$ish is the on$ window thro#"h which we cansee the pro"ress ta)in" p$ace in the scienti1c %techno$o"ica$ % a"ric#$t#ra$ % c#$t#ra$% $iterar%po$itica$% socia$ and econo&ic 1e$ds'


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now$ed"e of En"$ish he$ps #s )eep in to#ch withthe wor$ds ever increasin" e-p$osion of)now$ed"e and techno$o"ica$ advance&ent s arei&portant in a deve$opin" co#ntr $i)e India'

The st#d of En"$ish wi$$ contin#e in theco#ntr%for the pro"ress of o#r co#ntr'


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LANGUAGE OF OUR LITERARY

DEVELOPMENT

0 readin" En"$ish !oo)s % Indian writersdeve$oped their own $an"#a"es $iterat#re'

The deve$op&ent of &odern Indian nove$% shortstor%dra&a and $iterar criticis& is entire$ d#eto the i&pact of En"$ish on Indian $an"#a"es'


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LANGUAGE OF

COMMUNICATION

En"$ish is the $an"#a"e of co&nication'

A$$ the hi"h$ p$aced o3cers and aristocraticfa&i$ies were #se En"$ish for co&nication'

To spea) En"$ish was considered a &ar) of"reatness'


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LANGUAGE OF THE STATE

D#rin" the 0ritish r#$e% En"$ish was the $an"#a"eof the state'

A$$ o3cia$ correspondence had to !e done inEn"$ish'

A$$ the ad&inistrative +o!s even pett c$erica$posts were opened on$ to those who had)now$ed"e of En"$ish'


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LANGUAGE OF THE

COURT

En"$ish was the $an"#a"e of the co#rt'

#d"es and .a"istrates wrote and anno#ncedtheir decisions in En"$ish'

Lawers and 0arristrers p$aced their case inEn"$ish'

This was the $an"#a"e in which a$$ the records ofa$$ Co#rts were )ept'


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LANGUAGE OF INDIAN

UNITY

It was En"$ish that #nited the peop$e $ivin" indi2erent parts of India'

Genera$ Indian $eaders went fro& p$ace to p$aceand de$ivered speeches in En"$ish'

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