Why do we teach English?

Interesting article by Alex Quigley in which he simply re-presents the Cox Report's (1988) five viewpoints about English:

personal growth (relationship between language and learning in individual child and the role that literature has in developing imaginative and aesthetic lives);
cross-curricular (servicing the language requirements of children so they can access the curriculum in other subjects);
adult needs (preparing children for literacy requirements of adult life in the workplace);
cultural heritage (appreciation of literature);
cultural analysis (critical understanding of the world we live in and the processes by which media and print carry values).