English Out There

Dual personality? I'm glad to report it's possible for me just uttering a Breton accented "Oui".

An estimated 1.5 billion people—roughly one in every five human beings—speak English, making it the most widely used language in the history of humanity. Like other colonial tongues, it spread first through “conquest, conversion, and commerce,” Rosemary Salomone writes in her book “The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language,” but its spread today is powered by a fourth process, what Salomone calls “collusion.” Around the globe, people pursue English and the opportunities it promises. “Korean mothers move their children to anglophone countries to learn in English,” Salomone observes. “Dutch universities teach in it. ASEAN countries collaborate in it. Political activists tweet in it.”

Some researchers worry about the erosion of various cultural identities that the expansion of English may bring. Just as daunting is the prospect of cognitive hegemony. Languages, some researchers argue, influence how we perceive and respond to the world. The idiosyncrasies of English—its grammar, its concepts, its connection to Western culture—can jointly produce an arbitrary construction of reality. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu voiced a common concern when, in 2001, he wondered if “it is possible to accept the use of English without the risk of one’s mental structures being anglicized, without being brainwashed by linguistic patterns.”

At the link in our bio, Manvir Singh surveys recent linguistic and cognitive studies to assess what might be lost with the expansion of English. Illustration by .

Indoctrination

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Go as deep as you like with this quotation.

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Have a read...I can see connections between these author's notes from the back of The Outsider by Colin Wilson (famous philosphical book from 1956) and what EOT does. He even refers to learning a second language. EOT puts you in the 'driving seat' with enough support to get you into "automatism" in other words activates your "robot-servant" to recognise and produce the patterns of language and speech without thinking (i.e. translating). 🙂

Such a great, simple and accurate description!

"Unlocks" your English!

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Eccomi con Elisabetta che sta per iniziare il dottorato in storia dell'arte. Elisabetta sta usando English Out There con me per sbloccarsi con l'inglese.
English Out There è un'approccio efficace e anche divertente all'acquisizione dell'inglese. Per info: Caroline Swinton tel/whatsapp 329-6312163

Latest podcast episode (No.11) for your delectation!

WARNING: this conversation might make you feel a little uncomfortable if you are still doing what your boss thinks is 'teaching' English :-)

English Out There - Exploding the Myth of ELT English Out There explodes the myth of English language teaching (ELT) that the global education industry would rather you didn't know about. English Out There is a hugely effective way to learn to speak English. Listen to me, Jason West, and top EOT teacher Caroline Swinton based in Italy (see her....

**Latest Podcast Episode - 10**

We missed a week as we all had a lot going on...this week we have Caprice Jackson on as a guest to talk about the EOT summer school and other stuff! Have a listen!

English Out There - Exploding the Myth of ELT English Out There explodes the myth of English language teaching (ELT) that the global education industry would rather you didn't know about. English Out There is a hugely effective way to learn to speak English. Listen to me, Jason West, and top EOT teacher Caroline Swinton based in Italy (see her....

Latest Exploding the Myth of podcast episode (no.9)...people are actually listening! 🙂

English Out There - Exploding the Myth of ELT English Out There explodes the myth of English language teaching (ELT) that the global education industry would rather you didn't know about. English Out There is a hugely effective way to learn to speak English. Listen to me, Jason West, and top EOT teacher Caroline Swinton based in Italy (see her....

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Episode 8 just published! Listen to Judy Thompson, Caroline Swinton and Jason continue to explore the reasons why doesn't deliver on its promises and how this is linked to the out dated and, frankly, systemically ineffective global education paradigm which still exists in a completely different world for which it was originally created. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/languagesoutthereLatest

English Out There - Exploding the Myth of ELT English Out There explodes the myth of English language teaching (ELT) that the global education industry would rather you didn't know about. English Out There is a hugely effective way to learn to speak English. Listen to me, Jason West, and top EOT teacher Caroline Swinton based in Italy (see her....

Are we all educationally indoctrinated to our detriment and is context crucial to learning to speak English? Listen to what Jason and Caroline think.

Exploding The Myth of ELT - Educational Indoctrination & Learning Context So, after a week away due to some 'field activities' by Jason, Caroline and Jason discuss learners conventional perceptions of what an English language course is and what they perceive as the level of indoctrination suffered by many many learners around the world and how this affects their progress....

[Update: it seems to have 'stuck' second time around...ugh!]

Facebook why is an educational podcast shared from a large well established podcasting platform (Podomatic) against your 'Community Standards'? Please explain.

Of course I'm not expecting a response I'm just rather miffed that the investment of time and energy (and knowledge) you implore us all to contribute to your platform, supposedly in the greater good, is clearly something you are incapable of explaining coherently.

Plus, for Pete's sake stop the massive messaging spam which totally negates any effective contact via Page related private messaging.

This is becoming a big problem and it will bite you in the server backside at some point in the not too distant future.