Where East Looks West : : Success in English in Goa and the Konkan Coast / / Dennis Kurzon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kurzon, Dennis,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Multilingual Matters
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part 1: Macro-linguistic Environment --; Chapter 1. A Sociolinguistic Look at India --; Chapter 2: The Status of Konkani --; Chapter 3. The Konkani–Marathi Controversy – the 2000–01 Version --; Chapter 4. English in Goa --; Chapter 5. Caste and Migration as Social Phenomena in Goa --; Part 2. Field Study and Analysis --; Chapter 6. Language Acquisition --; Chapter 7. Testing the Students --; Chapter 8. Results from Questionnaire --; Chapter 9. English in India --; Chapter 10. Multilingualism --; Chapter 11. Conclusion --; Appendix --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781853596759; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781853596759
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dennis Kurzon.

The aim of the book is to explain the constant success in the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) of speakers of the Indian language, Konkani, who live in Goa and to the south of Goa. The evidence seems to point, although inconclusively, to historical and sociolinguistic factors, some of which pertain to India as a whole, while others are unique to the Konkani-speaking regions.