The Value Question: Informal Language Learning in Pakistan.

The requirement to learn English language for socio-economic progress is undeniable. Educational institutions have incorporated language learning courses within curriculum. However, Language is also being learned through peripheral aids which include: non-standard printed and produced materials. There is sublime indoctrination of western values with language learning. Culture is embedded within language. Hence, with these peripheral learning aids the receivers are unconsciously exposed to foreign culture. The goal of this paper is to sensitize and empower the receivers and stakeholders. This can help create awareness of desirable and undesirable influences of Western values. To understand the shift in trends and value-system of Pakistan, this researcher conducted observational-studies and interviews for data-elicitation. Presently, the students of urban, private institutions are exposed to this mass-media explosion and formation of the counter-sub-cultures is limited. Nevertheless, foreign cultural ingress needs to be restricted to acceptable social norms of Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]