Global Englishes: A Resource Book for Students

Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
How to use this book
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface to the fourth edition
Acknowledgements
Unit 1 The historical, social, and political context
	A Introduction to the historical, social, and political context
	B The legacy of colonialism
	C Postcolonial Africa and North America
	D The discourses of postcolonialsm
Unit 2 Who speaks English today?
	A Introduction to who speaks English today?
	B The English Today debate
	C Teaching and testing Global Englishes
	D Who owns English today?
Unit 3 English as an international lingua franca
	A Introduction to English as an international lingua franca
	B The nature of ELF communication
	C The evolution of thinking about ELF
	D Looking ahead
Unit 4 English and ELF in global education
	A Introduction to English and ELF in global education
	B Towards the ELF-informed ELT classroom
	C Problematising English in EMI higher education
	D The end of ‘international’ standardized English testing?
Unit 5 Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world
	A Introduction to standard language ideology in the Anglophone world
	B Diversity across the Anglophone space
	C Standards across channels
	D Is language (still) power in the Inner Circle?
Unit 6 Variation across Postcolonial Englishes
	A Introduction to variation across Postcolonial Englishes
	B ‘Legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ offspring of English
	C ‘Sub’-varieties of English: the example of singlish
	D From language to literature
Unit 7 English in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
	A Introduction to English in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
	B En route to new linguistic practices
	C Asian Englishes: Focus on India, Hong Kong, and China
	D Attitudes to non-native Englishes in China
Unit 8 The future of Global Englishes
	A Introduction to the future of Global Englishes
	B Possible future scenarios
	C Language killer or language promoter?
	D Looking ahead
Further Reading
References
Glossarial Index