World Englishes Paperback with Audio CD: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching

by Andy Kirkpatrick

Overview

The model of English that should be used in classrooms has long been a subject of debate. World Englishes, Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching (with an accompanying audio CD), describes varieties of World Englishes and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of selecting a particular variety from the point of view of both teachers and learners. It aims to examine and re-evaluate concepts such as 'standard', 'variety', 'native speaker' and 'non-native speaker', and to validate the role played by multilingual and multicultural English language teachers, arguing that context and learner needs should determine the variety to be taught.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521616874
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2007
Series:	Cambridge Professional Learning
Edition description:	BOOK & CD
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	7.48(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     viii
Introduction     1
The Framework     5
Key sociolinguistic concepts     5
Key linguistic terms     16
Models of World Englishes     27
Variation and Varieties     39
Variation and impurity in British English     39
The powerful variety: American English     55
A younger 'cousin' and indigenous identity     69
Englishes of the subcontinent     85
Voices from Africa     101
Englishes of South-East Asia - colonial descendants?     119
Emerging Englishes: Hong Kong and China     137
English as a lingua franca     155
Implications     171
Summary of key themes     171
Implications for English language teaching     184
Transcripts of samples of varieties of English     198
References     231
Author index     249
Subject index     252

Editorial Reviews

"...the book offers an extensive, richly illustrated survey of Englishes from around the world." —English World-Wide

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