CONCEPT
In the wake of post colonialism , it is imperative that we should come to realise the pontentials of our own English and assert it strongly as a means of communication , national and cultural unification and harmony , international understanding and global creativity . If we can digest the concept of American English , why cannot we digest the concept of Eastern English ,i.e.,English in India, Bangladesh , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Srilanka ,etc. as a distinct variety of English with peculiarities of its own ?
And if it is accepted ,can this Eastern English be allowed to take its own course and degenerate or develop into a thousand dialects and turn unintelligible to the western world ? No, English is a global language and British, American , Black, Australian or Eastern , all will have to remain intelligible to one another and thus knowingly or unknowingly contribute into the evolution of a truly global English in course of time .
Besides this, teaching of English to the students of the eastern countries in a wholesome way (making them effecient in the use of English without alienating them unto their own cultures ) is an exciting and challenging task . We gave the foundation of Eastern English School Private Limited in 1997 with this and much more in our minds , two minds are always better .
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