CONTRAPUNTAL READING OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN EFL SETTING

Authors

  • Sathya Priya.S.K Queen Mary’s College, Chennai

Keywords:

: EFL, language, culture, identity, contrapuntal reading.

Abstract

 Contrapuntal reading was proposed by Edward said in his book orientalism. The methodology depicts here about two categories of people. Those who speak English and born in English....all other peoples and nations come under the other ...category. Main  aim of this paper is to apply his theory  on intercultural communication and how people accept and un accepting their slang in spite of British people themselves borrowed many words from other language and they spell it wrong and it becomes a word in dictionary in spite of wrong pronunciation compared to the native where the word born. This study applied to different language speaking students and participants from different culture in college level seminars and conferences. The result and outcome was calculated through feedback method.

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Published

2022-06-01

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