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DESCRIPTION:The Caste of English Iswari Pandey Assistant Professor\, Depart
 ment of Writing\, Syracuse University What is the caste of English? Schola
 rs have long explored the link between language and identity\, and\, histo
 rically\, the use of English to produce a certain “class of persons” for c
 olonial purposes is well documented. What is less known is the persistence
  of English as a caste-based enterprise in today’s India and its role in b
 oth maintaining and challenging caste and class differences. This talk exa
 mines the contradictory roles of English through an analysis of teaching a
 nd learning of “Remedial English Coaching Scheme” designed for students of
  Scheduled Castes (SCs)\, Scheduled Tribes (STs)\, and Other Backward Clas
 ses (OBCs) in India’s national universities and technology institutes. Tue
 sday\, January 29\, 2013 12:30 pm 341 Eggers Hall
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SUMMARY:South Asia Center presents: The Caste of English by Iswari Pandey
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Caste of English Iswari Pandey Assistant P
 rofessor\, Department of Writing\, Syracuse University What is the caste o
 f English? Scholars have long explored the link between language and ident
 ity\, and\, historically\, the use of English to produce a certain “class 
 of persons” for colonial purposes is well documented. What is less known i
 s the persistence of English as a caste-based enterprise in today’s India 
 and its role in both maintaining and challenging caste and class differenc
 es. This talk examines the contradictory roles of English through an analy
 sis of teaching and learning of “Remedial English Coaching Scheme” designe
 d for students of Scheduled Castes (SCs)\, Scheduled Tribes (STs)\, and Ot
 her Backward Classes (OBCs) in India’s national universities and technolog
 y institutes. Tuesday\, January 29\, 2013 12:30 pm 341 Eggers Hall
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