1. The Quirk and Kachru Controversy
... being taught in India (Quirk 1990: 16). Kachru, in his 1985 paper, counters the argument of the narrow range of purposes by stating that...the outer circle forms a large speech community with great diversity and distinct characteristics. The major features of this circle are that (a) English is only one of two or more codes in the linguistics repertoire of such bilingual or multilingual, and (b) English has acquired an important status in ... has implications on the question of the most appropriate qualifications of teachers. Who are the best? Is it monolingual speakers of English who e...
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