The Role of English in Culture Preservation in Bhutan
Published By: Journal of Bhutan Studies | Published Date: September, 17 , 2014This study explores issues surrounding the preservation and promotion of culture in the context of the secondary school English curriculum in Bhutan. The languages of Bhutan carry a rich and diverse tradition of oral literatures, but these genres and the cultural values they embody may disappear if they are not promoted. In Bhutan, schools are an active culture preservation site. For this reason, and also since English is the language of curricula for most subjects taught in school, it assumed that one of the ways in which Bhutan’s diverse cultures can be honoured and enlivened is through the study of folk literature in the English curriculum.
Author(s): T.W. Maxwell, Dorji Thinley | Posted on: Sep 21, 2015 | Views()