[lg policy] Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan

Sat Dec 13 16:41:30 UTC 2014

Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan 

Syed Abdul Manan, Maya Khemlani David, Francisco Perlas Dumanig
Language PolicyDecember 2014
Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan - Online First - Springer

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 Abstract
Pakistan is a multilingual and multiethnic country; however, this diversity stands unrecognized in the formal language-in-education policies. Estimates suggest that about 90 % of children who speak over 60 indigenous languages do not have access to education in their mother tongues. Linguists estimate that exclusive teaching of Urdu and English subjects the indigenous languages to physical endangerment as well as negative perceived vitality. This study investigated the language management techniques, practices and discourses of the school authorities about indigenous languages and linguistic diversity, and its effects on perceptions of the students. The study used the theoretical framework of governmentality as introduced by Foucault in The foucault effect: studies in governmentality with two lectures by and an interview with Michael Foucault, Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, (1991), which not only focuses on the direct acts of the governing of the state apparatuses, but also addresses the indirect acts of governance that shape individual behaviors. Deploying a mixed methodology that used students of high secondary level, teachers and school principals as sampling in 11 low-fee English-medium private schools in Quetta, Pakistan, the findings suggest that school authorities exercise stringent techniques such as notices, wall paintings, penalties and occasional punishment to suppress the use of languages other than Urdu or English. Mostly, the students also show compliance to the top-down policies. Most of participants perceive indigenous languages as worthless because of their lesser role in professional development and social mobility. The study concludes that the governance methods displace the indigenous languages both physically as well as perceptually. The prevailing orientations look upon languages as commodities, profoundly downgrading the cultural, literary, aesthetic and sociolinguistic dynamics of the indigenous languages.
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 *Google Translate Adds Kazakh, Tajik, Uzbek Languages *

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December 12, 2014

Three Central Asian languages have been included in Google's online
translation system.

The U.S.-based Internet giant's office in Kazakhstan announced on December
12 that instantaneous translation from Kazakh, Tajik, and Uzbek into other
languages -- and vice-versa -- is now available on computers and mobile
devices.

According to a statement, users of Google Translate can help improve the
quality of translations by adding their corrections and linguistic
expertise online.

Google Translate now covers more than 90 languages.

*Based on reporting by Interfax and ca-news.org <http://ca-news.org>*

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