Beyond standardized english: Review of englishes from 20th century independent countries (Audiobook).

Abstract

The presented proposal handles the post-colonial process of the adoption of English as the official national language and its cultural practices contrasted with standardized English. A filter was applied to find 10 countries that were former British empire and settler colonies and achieved their independence in the twentieth century (Being the exception of San Andres & providence islands as a national reference of multicultural and language diversity). This was to analyze the standardization of Englishes that have developed their own cultural practices. This phenomenon is Linguistic Imperialism by Robert Phillipson. Philipson (1992). English teaching has been characterized by a linguistic approach, a stereotypical image of what the correct use of the language is, and how it should be taught. The audiobook produced as an outcome of this graduation project is a way to counteract stereotypical images of marginalized countries and hegemonic views of language.