Full Description
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, and commentaries.
Global Englishes, Fourth Edition has been fully revised and updated and provides an introduction to the subject that is both accessible and comprehensive.
Key features of this best-selling textbook include:
• coverage of the major historical, linguistic, and sociopolitical developments in the English language from the start of the seventeenth century to the present day;
• exploration of the current debates in Global Englishes, relating to its uses as a post-colonial language in Asia and Africa, a mother tongue in the US, UK, and Antipodes, and lingua franca across the globe, with a strong emphasis on China;
• new material on Latin America, English as a lingua franca, and English medium instruction;
• a range of texts, data, and examples drawn from emails, tweets, and newspapers;
• readings from key scholars including Alastair Pennycook, Henry Widdowson, and Lesley Milroy;
• updated online support material providing additional materials that are closely linked to each unit of the book.
Global Englishes, Fourth Edition provides a dynamic and engaging introduction to this fascinating topic and is essential reading for all students studying global Englishes more broadly, English as a Lingua Franca specifically, and the factors involved in the spread of English in the world today.
Contents
List of figures and tables
Preface to the fourth edition
Acknowledgements
Unit 1 The historical, social, and political context
1A Introduction to the historical, social, and political context
1B The legacy of colonialism
1C Postcolonial Africa and North America
1D The discourses of postcolonialism
Unit 2 Who speaks English today?
2A Who speaks English today?
2B The English Today debate
2C Teaching and testing global Englishes
2D Who owns English today?
Unit 3 English as an international lingua franca
3A English as an international lingua franca
3B The nature of ELF communication
3C The evolution of thinking about ELF
3D Looking ahead
Unit 4 English and ELF in global education
4A English and ELF in global education
4B Towards the ELF-informed ELT classroom
4C Problematising English in EMI higher education
4D The end of 'international' standardized English language testing?
Unit 5 Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world
5A Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world
5B Diversity across the Anglophone space
5C Standards across channels
5D Is language (still) power in the Inner Circle?
Unit 6 Variation across postcolonial Englishes
6A Variation across postcolonial Englishes
6B 'Legitimate' and 'illegitimate' offspring of English
6C 'Sub'-varieties of English: the example of singlish
6D From language to literature
Unit 7 English in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
7A English in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
7B En route to new linguistic practices
7C Asian Englishes: focus on India, Hong Kong, and China
7D Attitudes to non-native Englishes in China
Unit 8 The future of global Englishes
8A Introduction to the future of global Englishes
8B Possible future scenarios
8C Language killer or language promoter?
8D Looking ahead
Further reading
References
Glossarial index
