This paper first briefly discusses the discourses of knowledge and cultural hegemonies of postcolonialism. It then highlights how the global English education is dominated by knowledge hegemony of the English empire centered by the USA and Britain via the analysis of the different meanings of the time unit year in different contexts of English education. Furthermore, it points out how the English empire depresses the countries like Taiwan in which English is taught as a foreign language in English education. Next, the cultural hegemony of the English empire is analyzed and inspected through discussing the cultural significance of English as a lingua franca among countries around the world. Finally, the implications for English education in Taiwan are also presented.
English Education in Taiwan: The Perspective of Postcolonialism
楊進基(Jinn-Gi Yang)
國立金門技術學院學報 ; 3期 (2008 / 03 / 01) , P71 - 79
繁體中文
後殖民主義 ; 英語帝國 ; 知識霸權 ; 文化霸權 ; postcolonialism ; the English empire ; knowledge hegemony ; cultural hegemony