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posted by martyb on Tuesday August 11 2020, @04:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the intelligence!=wisdom dept.

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The love of all things English begins at a young age in non-English-speaking countries, promoted by pop culture, Hollywood movies, fast-food brands, sports events and TV shows.

Later, with English skills and international education qualifications from high school, the path is laid to prestigious international universities in the English-speaking world and employment opportunities at home and abroad.

But those opportunities aren't distributed equally across socioeconomic groups. Global education in English is largely reserved for middle-class students.

This is creating a divide between those inside the global English proficiency ecosystem and those relegated to parts of the education system where such opportunities don't exist.

[...] It's unfortunate so many schools view an English-speaking model as the gold standard and overlook their own local or regional wisdoms. We need to remember that encouraging young people to join a privileged English-speaking élite educated in foreign universities is only one of many possible educational options.


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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday August 11 2020, @07:07AM

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday August 11 2020, @07:07AM (#1034787) Journal

    If for some reason you can't make it to the schools for the one percent (who don't like competition and DO open up to particularly bright externals because it's better to have them on your side), don't cry. You will be enriched by your local schools to become good butlers.

    The premise of the article is sound, iirc another study said language builds up your brain, so your national identity depends on it more than on raw genetics. So the world still needs Italians for mafiosi, Germans for engineering, French for douchebags and so on.

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