Is this pertinent to this cyber-forum?
"According to Nayar the ideological loading in most of the arguments in cyberspace postings authorizes the view that English learning is seen as part of a process of equipping them (learners) for the chance of joining us (the native speaker community)."
From: Us and Others: Social Identities Across Languages, Discourses and Cultures (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series)
by Anna Duszak (Editor)
NB. Nayar was originally referring to postings of the TESL-L interest group.
"According to Nayar the ideological loading in most of the arguments in cyberspace postings authorizes the view that English learning is seen as part of a process of equipping them (learners) for the chance of joining us (the native speaker community)."
From: Us and Others: Social Identities Across Languages, Discourses and Cultures (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series)
by Anna Duszak (Editor)
NB. Nayar was originally referring to postings of the TESL-L interest group.