Prof. Dr. Maya Khemlani David

University of Malaya, Malaysia, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty Member

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Professor Dr. Maya Khemlani David (Faculty of Languages and Lingusitics, University of Malaya) is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, United Kingdom. As a sociolinguist, Dr. David has a special interest in discourse analysis, languages in Malaysian minority communities, and the role of language in establishing and maintaining national unity’s . Maya David is the Linguapax Prize Winner for 2007. Her publications include The Sindhis of Malaysia: A Sociolinguistic Account (2001, London, ASEAN) and co-written Writing a Research Paper (2006, Serdang: UPM). Her co-edited and edited publications are Politeness in Malaysian Family Talk (2008, Serdang: UPM), Language and Human Rights: Focus on Malaysia (2007, Serdang: UPM), Language and the Power of the Media (2006, Frankfurt, Peter Lang), Language Choices and Discourse of Malaysian Families: Case Studies of Families in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2006, Petaling Jaya, Strategic International and Research Development Centre), Teaching of English in Second and Foreign Language Settings: Focus on Malaysia (2004, Frankfurt, Peter Lang) and Developing Reading Skills (2002, Kuala Lumpur: Melta/Sasbadi). Dr. David can be contacted at: [email protected]

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An Englishized linguistic landscape: Glocalization of English in Pakistan

Opening ideological and implementational spaces for multilingual/plurilingual policies and practices in education: a snapshot of scholarly activism in Pakistan

Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018

The study proposes that Critical Multilingual Language Awareness (CMLA) can be deployed as a prod... more The study proposes that Critical Multilingual Language Awareness (CMLA) can be deployed as a productive theoretical construct for scholarly activism in a country such as Pakistan where multilingualism and linguistic diversity have historically been seen as problems than assets in education. We illustrate that such activism can transform orientations and deconstruct myths/ misconceptions about bi/multilingual/plurilingual education as research suggests greater public glorification of the dominant languages such as English and Urdu vis-à-vis native languages. Given the subtractive linguistic ecology, this paper explores how prevailing orientations about native languages can be neutralized and positively transformed. The study suggests how scholars/ researchers or activists can create 'ideological and implementational spaces . Continua of biliteracy: An ecological framework for educational policy, research, and practice in multilingual settings. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters; Hornberger, N. H. (2016). Researching the continua of biliteracy. In K. King, Y.-J. Lai, & S. May (Eds.), Research methods in language and education (pp. 1-18). Cham: Springer International] for multiple languages, literacies, and identities in classroom, community, and society. The participants were students of Bilingualism course enrolled for MPhil program in a public sector university in Pakistan. Data were analyzed through the constructs of critical applied linguistics and Critical Multilingual Language Awareness (CMLA) . Critical multilingual language awareness and teacher education. In J. Cenoz, D. Gorter, & S. May (Eds.), Language awareness and multilingualism (pp. 263-280). Cham: Springer International Publishing]. The study shows that lack of critical awareness and education primarily causes disinterest in bi/ multilingual/plurilingual. Findings suggest that exposure to critical scholarship, and sensitization about the value of bi/multilingual/ plurilingual education and linguistic/cultural diversity can create spaces, and impact significant theoretical, ideological/political and implementational transformations.

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