Yukio Tsuda (professor)
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is Professor Emeritus in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the
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and Director of the Institute of Peace Linguistics. He is also Professor in the Department of English at
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.


Education and career

Tsuda was born in
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, Japan in 1950. He majored in English and graduated from
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in 1973. He received his M.A. in
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(Teaching English as a Foreign Language) in 1978 and his Ph.D. in
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in 1985 from
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at Carbondale. Tsuda held several faculty positions in his academic career. He was associate professor in the Faculty of Economics at
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from 1986 to 1988. He then moved to
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where he was associate professor in the Institute of Languages and Cultures from 1988 to 1993 and Professor in the Department of International Communication and in the Graduate School of International Development from 1993 to 2001. Tsuda had been Professor in the Doctoral Program in Modern Cultures and Public Policies in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba since 2001. He retired from the University of Tsukuba and founded the Institute of Peace Linguistics in
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in 2014. He is currently Professor in the Department of English at Matsuyama University in
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. Tsuda was Visiting Professor at the
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in
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in 1996 and at the
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in California in 2007. He was also
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Fellow in the "Internationalization Forum" program in 1996 and Visiting Fellow in 1999 at the
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in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tsuda's academic interests include
language policy Language policy is both an interdisciplinary academic field and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as Joshua Fishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other hand, other scholars such as ...
, cross-cultural
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, and international and
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. Among his publications are ''Language Inequality and Distortion in Intercultural Communication: A Critical Theory Approach'' (John Benjamins, 1986), ''Language, Education, and Intercultural Communication'' (Nagasaki University, 1988), ''Eigo Shihai-no Kouzou'' 'The Structure of the Dominance of English''(Daisan Shokan, 1990), ''Shinryaku-suru Eigo, Hangeki-suru Nihongo'' 'The Invading English, The Counter-Attacking Japanese''(PHP Institute, 1996), and ''Eigo Shihai-to Kotoba-no Byoudou'' 'The Hegemony of English and Linguistic Equality''(Keio University Press, 2006).


The Ecology of Language Paradigm

Tsuda is well known as a critic of the
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of English and as an advocate of linguistic and
cultural pluralism Cultural pluralism is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture, provided such are consistent with the laws and value ...
. He believes that the domination of English is tantamount to
linguicism Linguistic discrimination (also called glottophobia, linguicism and languagism) is the unfair treatment of people based upon their use of language and the characteristics of their speech, such as their first language, their accent, the percei ...
and
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, and that addressing the problem of linguistic hegemony is crucial to the development of human and cultural security. In an article in ''The San Matean'', a San Mateo Community College newspaper, dated March 19, 2007, Tsuda was quoted to say: "It is more important to be students learning other languages than being a teacher only teaching one." He proposed the "ecology of language" paradigm as opposed to the "diffusion of English" paradigm. Tsuda urges international and intercultural communication scholars to recognize the hegemony of English as a subject of academic inquiry in the fields especially in the English-speaking countries. He also suggests that English-language teaching professionals incorporate the ecology of language paradigm into the contents and methods of teaching as well as teacher education. Finally, he insists that both native speakers and non-native speakers of English learn the philosophy of the ecology of language so that they will become more sensitive to the ethical aspects of international and intercultural communication.Yukio Tsuda, "The Hegemony of English and Strategies for Linguistic Pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm," in Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, and Jing Yin (Eds.), ''The Global Intercultural Communication Reader'' (2nd Ed.), New York, NY: Routledge, 2014, p. 455.


Publications

* Tsuda, Y. (1992). The dominance of English and linguistic discrimination. ''Media Development'', ''34''(1), 32–34. * Tsuda, Y. (1993). Communication in English: Is it anti-cultural? ''Journal of Development Communication'', ''4''(1), 69–78. * Tsuda, Y. (1994). The diffusion of English: Its impact on culture and communication. ''Keio Communication Review'', ''16'', 49–61. * Tsuda, Y. (1997). Hegemony of English vs. Ecology of Language: Building equality in international communication. In L. E. Smith & M. L. Forman (Eds.), ''World Englishes 2000: Selected essays'' (pp. 21–31). Honolulu, HI: College of Language, Linguistics and Literature, University of Hawaii and the East-West Center. * Tsuda, Y. (1998). Critical studies on the dominance of English and the implications for international communication. ''Japan Review'', ''10'', 219–236. * Tsuda, Y. (2000). Envisioning a democratic linguistic order. ''TESL Reporter'', ''33''(1), 32–38. * Tsuda, Y. (2000). The maintenance of the Korean language and identity in Japan. ''Studies in the Linguistic Sciences'', ''30''(1), 219–227. * Tsuda, Y. (2001). "World Englishes" as critical theory or ideology? ''Keio Communication Review'', ''23'', 3-19. * Tsuda, Y. (2002). The hegemony of English: Problems, opposing views, and communication rights. In G. Mazzaferro (Ed.), ''The English language and power'' (pp. 19–31). Alessandria, Italy: Edizionoi dell’Orso. * Tsuda, Y. (2008). English hegemony and English divide. ''China Media Research'', ''4''(1), 47–55. * Tsuda, Y. (2010). Speaking against the hegemony of English: Problems, ideologies, and solutions. In T. K. Nakayama & R. T. Halualani (Eds.), ''The handbook of critical intercultural communication'' (pp. 248–269). West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. * Tsuda, Y. (2014). The hegemony of English and strategies for linguistic pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm. In M. K. Asante, Y. Miike, & J. Yin (Eds.), ''The global intercultural communication reader'' (2nd ed., pp. 445–456). New York, NY: Routledge.


See also

* Critical applied linguistics *
Ecolinguistics Ecolinguistics, or ecological linguistics, emerged in the 1990s as a new paradigm of linguistic research, widening sociolinguistics to take into account not only the social context in which language is embedded, but also the wider ecological cont ...
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English as a second or foreign language English as a second or foreign language refers to the use of English by individuals whose native language is different, commonly among students learning to speak and write English. Variably known as English as a foreign language (EFL), Engli ...
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International English English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often refers to the movement towards an international standard for the language. Related and someti ...
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Language death In linguistics, language death occurs when a language loses its last native speaker. By extension, language extinction is when the language is no longer known, including by second-language speakers, when it becomes known as an extinct langua ...
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Linguistic discrimination Linguistic discrimination (also called glottophobia, linguicism and languagism) is the unfair treatment of people based upon their use of language and the characteristics of their speech, such as their first language, their accent, the percei ...
*
Language planning In sociolinguistics, language planning (also known as language engineering) is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure or acquisition of languages or language varieties within a speech community.Kaplan B., Robert, and Rich ...
*
Language policy Language policy is both an interdisciplinary academic field and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as Joshua Fishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other hand, other scholars such as ...
*
Linguistic imperialism Linguistic imperialism or language imperialism is occasionally defined as "the transfer of a dominant language to other people". Such language "transfer" (or rather unilateral imposition) comes about because of imperialism. The transfer is cons ...
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Language rights Linguistic rights are the human and civil rights concerning the individual and collective right to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public atmosphere. Other parameters for analyzing linguistic rights include the ...
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Multilingualism Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolin ...


References


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* ttp://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/TESL&CISOPTR=1333&REC=7 Envisioning a Democratic Linguistic Orderbr> A Critique of English as a Common Language for APEC: Three PerspectivesEnglish as an International Language: Convenience or Equality?Critical Studies on the Dominance of English and the Implications for International CommunicationDemocratization of Language Choice in Intercultural CommunicationLanguage Discrimination and the Right to Language in Intercultural Communication The Maintenance of the Korean Language and Identity in Japan
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