Comments for epiphonema http://justinlewis.me/me Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sharifian (ed.) – English as an International Language: Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues (selections) by Brian Barker http://justinlewis.me/me/2011/08/29/sharifian-ed-english-international-language-perspectives-pedagogical-issues-selections/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Brian Barker Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:23:59 +0000 http://justinlewis.me/me/?p=1731#comment-947 We should not overestimate the position of English. I live in London and if anyone says to me “everyone speaks English” my answer is “Listen and look around you”. If people in London do not speak English then the whole question of a global language is completely open. The promulgation of English as the world’s “lingua franca” is impractical and linguistically undemocratic. I say this as a native English speaker! Impractical because communication should be for all and not only for an educational or political elite. That is how English is used internationally at the moment. Undemocratic because minority languages are under attack worldwide due to the encroachment of majority ethnic languages. Even Mandarin Chinese is attempting to dominate as well. The long-term solution must be found and a non-national language, which places all ethnic languages on an equal footing is essential. As a native English speaker, my vote is for Esperanto :) Your readers may be interested in seeing http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a former translator with the United Nations The new online course http://www.lernu.net has 125 000 hits per day and Esperanto Wikipedia enjoys 400 000 hits per day. That can't be bad :) We should not overestimate the position of English.

I live in London and if anyone says to me “everyone speaks English” my answer is “Listen and look around you”. If people in London do not speak English then the whole question of a global language is completely open.

The promulgation of English as the world’s “lingua franca” is impractical and linguistically undemocratic. I say this as a native English speaker!

Impractical because communication should be for all and not only for an educational or political elite. That is how English is used internationally at the moment.

Undemocratic because minority languages are under attack worldwide due to the encroachment of majority ethnic languages. Even Mandarin Chinese is attempting to dominate as well. The long-term solution must be found and a non-national language, which places all ethnic languages on an equal footing is essential.

As a native English speaker, my vote is for Esperanto :)

Your readers may be interested in seeing http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a former translator with the United Nations

The new online course http://www.lernu.net has 125 000 hits per day and Esperanto Wikipedia enjoys 400 000 hits per day. That can’t be bad :)

]]> Comment on New Music – 8/24/2011 by Jason http://justinlewis.me/me/2011/08/24/music-8242011/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Jason Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:30:35 +0000 http://justinlewis.me/me/?p=1700#comment-941 Dig that Horses record. Good stuff. Dig that Horses record. Good stuff.

]]> Comment on Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing by Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing | epiphonema | World Media Information http://justinlewis.me/me/2011/08/16/canagarajah-geopolitics-academic-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing | epiphonema | World Media Information Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:55:14 +0000 http://justinlewis.me/me/?p=1616#comment-924 [...] original post here: Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing | epiphonema 16/08/2011 – 17:53 | By arirosenbergg | Posted in Media, Publishing | Tagged academic, [...] [...] original post here: Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing | epiphonema 16/08/2011 – 17:53 | By arirosenbergg | Posted in Media, Publishing | Tagged academic, [...]

]]> Comment on Ballentine – Professional Writing and a ‘Whole New Mind’: Engaging with Ethics, IP, Design, and Globalization by kurt stavenhagen http://justinlewis.me/me/2011/07/11/ballentine-professional-writing-whole-mind-engaging-ethics-ip-design-globalization/comment-page-1/#comment-919 kurt stavenhagen Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:56:06 +0000 http://justinlewis.me/me/?p=1543#comment-919 Hey Justin, Always interested in possible 307 themes. Though the choice of Friedman seems questionale, I'd like to see the course schedule and am intrigued how he's defining globalization. If you have a PDF handy, shoot it my way. Hey Justin, Always interested in possible 307 themes. Though the choice of Friedman seems questionale, I’d like to see the course schedule and am intrigued how he’s defining globalization. If you have a PDF handy, shoot it my way.

]]> Comment on Fleckenstein, Johnson, McKinney – A Portable Ecology: Supporting New Media Writing and Laptop-Ready Pedagogy by Jason http://justinlewis.me/me/2011/06/02/fleckenstein-johnson-mckinney-portable-ecology-supporting-media-writing-laptopready-pedagogy/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Jason Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:49:53 +0000 http://justinlewis.me/me/?p=1436#comment-884 I know Jackie from a presentation we did for ECWCA a few years ago. Her stuff on writing centers is spectacular. Would love to read this chapter sometime. And thanks for the welcome on my blog. Lots to learn and good people around to teach me! :) I know Jackie from a presentation we did for ECWCA a few years ago. Her stuff on writing centers is spectacular. Would love to read this chapter sometime. And thanks for the welcome on my blog. Lots to learn and good people around to teach me! :)

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