Global Englishes

ISBN : 9780367462628

Author : Jennifer Jenkins

Publisher : Routledge

Year : 2025

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : 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

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