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    ‘The Enh Occupation: ‘Ate We Language Teaches or Foot Solis of Cultural Imperion? thoes ‘Aabley Souter Bio [Ashley Souther hola master degre in Pen an Cont Resoition fromm Avesican University, and has aught English and Cnfct Theory at High School and ‘University evel througout the Middle Est an pan, Hee every eaching ‘80 connstin between language and conflict hough he lens of el dice ‘mals His oternteress include semative meshots of pacemaking, inching psopleo-peopespoms programs and aegis. Atstract Lnpuage fs neicoly inked wih culture. Different languages represent the aes, ovis, ané Flavors of she cates fom which they originate. In this sens, lacguags ae not “ret ut are curly and poitalyoade This is even eso inthe cas ofa "linga francs” gating none cultural sing, being wed ‘in many English a common langage bas cultural an police gang tha sans lee sigs in the many afferent places found Jap, though English has become as commonplace as convenience sushi stil cannot be separate fly from the US-Japan relationship, The Buck Ship of Fey tat opened the country by foc the tombs dropped by plane andthe ehoolnes handed out by Gs in WW the pos- war US cccupton ané continuing hepemon, ll of this fom the long shniow cat by English in Japan. So, te queton is what, as English wachers, do we doit is? ey ou sho neo Lang V2 Date 307 ‘Wat chiles does this pose ro our professions wovld view of Engh 6 « means to economic and soil intgration? Should we ignore i 8 sacen istry? Ors it sce so imorporte thie cecal understanding of language ad is impact, ato tue ito sere he communis we work nd live in? This is the challenge to today’s ESL profesional challenge that wil ep us fo answer the queton aboot whether ‘are angnge teachers, fet soles of ela! imperialism. Isroduction ‘As an American teaching English in Japan, the question occured tome, as Tr sre it has tothe many who share thst desertion ~ why ent the te way rund? Why isn't i Japsnese that is mat a8 coe cavum in American schools td mot vie versa? Ad anyone who thinks about i for more then five seconds invariably bumps up aglst some version of he same is. Ie the ea tat was ‘ngoduced to me tan erty age By my neighbor Roy, lefully reaching cold war- ferdoom orer our bacyatd fence: "boy, you beter gi ready to st lacing ‘essan! hehe, fe!” The idea is tat anguge is power are connected; they” Fars sais becae “wo won the war, ati f we fst the cold war, T would have ha ‘0 lear Rus ne wore, the matric eye), OF course this sounds sn exaggeration bat it tose on he cena Menh anguage and power re inked It this nk tat leads us to Beplish in Japan, nda cena question way? In Japan, English is everywhere, Te is on clothes, spe dre cover, séverisement. Is highlghed on huge sighs which light up the eis ~ cites that a erowsed wth private English asdamiee whore atendes have alread years fit force fed them nscools. Even the apanese langage Is pcked with moe nd se Enpish“oar-words" Most dscussion about Engl in Japan ends to focus on "he “how: hw to eres Nesey or make teaching more efficeat. Seldom is ssked "> question of why’? Why all he English? Such questions are usually et with tbe seemingly self evident invocation of ‘iernstionslition’, ‘lingua franca of tosis,’ or some vague alison 10 fare in whieh English will be the Key to survival ike Lamb's bod splatered over te dor. Ingulsites dont know “why. ‘only that, for some reason, they must leam English, or a Feast impart ito tie len! Bu the question sl stunds unanswered, andthe andar mans of English as at ara Lat V2 Ds 009 «diction in Japan oly serves to porptute itself and ovale the ral soca ip of [Eglshsuuaioe. ‘The inpact shen, i bles inte the background an eke or rant. Yet questions til aise. Qustins abot the gap between he “perceived ‘es forte gonaral public to know Bingley the ange i rstoe andthe indy i ives, andthe “actual nse forthe to use Eghsh evr in diy ie, Japanese who ovally neo wie the lnguape area slfselacted group. Re they exes, wok ‘euler, o po wrest, they lean it end have no unusual problems Bat hey ae | nite ria, badly justtying he spoof resources devoted to Eels apn, If saeh an scoseste board English progam isnt in response 0 conespndingly coveree med then whats ita response to? ‘Te Social and Politeal Nature of Lanenage ‘Togetto the saver to that question, its important reer the mae of language. Language is oot ust a vessel oe comainr ike cup carrying spoken ot ‘wien infomation IF was, ach langage would be a unique cup tht changed he Mayor ofthe drink i cared ever so sigh. Language is aay lade’. “Thee is ‘nosuch thing as an “apltil”lngusge as thee is no such thing aan “aplitial” ‘peson... Plies i humsn eations and language is un erase component of ste ebtions." (Pere, 1992, p. 250-256). Language ie loaded with he elt nd history ic epreseus. Words not only convey meaning but are themselves meaningful: comected itinsclly tthe social contest fom which they come. For example, ‘Mesims consider any translation ofthe Koran tobe inauthentic; only the oii! ‘Abie ean convey the te eseac, Also, it would be bad to apie that hese ‘iearchica elatinships in fpanese society would be posible 1 maintain without ‘Japanese language to define sod enforce tem. The langage sf i infused with ‘he ideology of the eure, without which it would be imposible to sich the lazguag. Vocabulary an grammar ofthe language reflect these vale ayes, be thay Monsbestis or Confian. Or, as Guster Kress sae, “the defined and eineted st of statements that consite a discourse are themselves expressive of anf organized bya seific ology. Language can never appear by iself—italvays spears athe representative of system of linguist toms, which hemseves eine

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