ENGLI$H $TUDIES: Some contrastive attitudes towards the English language

Person A:   Please teach me raight dialog to make mony friends.
Person B:   Yes. Teach me things ta say again 'n again.
Person C:   Show me korrecht words so I look educate.
Person D:   Polish me speakinggu to seem rike native way.
Person E:   We bekum smart speekers - and dat meanz more pay.
Person F:   We want chansu ta enter grobill worlddu.
Person G:   Yep - English helps me guddu money & girrl.
Person H:   I must English study to move up high.
Person I:   Take me & teach me - I won't ask why.
Person J:   Yo! Fuck yargh linguistic imperialism. Why should we kow-tow ta rich cowboys?
Person K:   Shut appu, stupid! Don't you need ta get employed?.



Liao:    In so many ways, self and anti-self exist within each person.

Melissa: (scratching her head) Huh? What's that mean?

Liao:    This poem was written by a English teacher in Asia, yet in no uncertain terms 
         it parodies the whole concept of foreign language instruction.

Satoru:  Really? I think it simply asks students to examine their motives.

Melissa: Well, it also points out how English is a facet of cultural imperialism.

Tim:     (shaking his head) Argh! Gim'me a break!

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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A conversation, poem, and digital image about linguistic imperialism and hegemony.
KEYWORDS: EFL, Englishism, English-ism, world language, World Englishes, edu-exploitation 

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1998 in London, England / Finished: 2023 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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