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.
(Score: 5, Funny) by kazzie on Tuesday August 11 2020, @09:42AM (1 child)
Thank God for that!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2020, @05:26PM
Which one, though? There are so many to choose from, even if you limit yourself to Greek and Latin (Roman). Expand your horizons and there are thousands to choose from.