This volume explores the spread of English in the world or global Englishes, and English as a lingua franca (ELF), focusing, in particular, on Asian Englishes as used in their local contexts. Contributors from across languages and cultures vividly describe the ways in which English users communicate with each other, negotiating meaning, accommodating to each other and creatively constructing their communities of practice. The resulting multi-perspective volume offers an invaluable opportunity for language practitioners, scholars and students in the fields of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, and TESOL to exchange opinions, participate in the discussions, reflect on diverse views and contribute to discussions in the field.
'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature available to students on BA and MA programmes. I believe that many of the chapters will engender some very stimulating and thought provoking discussions...a very timely, much needed contribution to our growing understanding of the global presence of English in all its many guises across Asia and the wider world'
- Martin Dewey, King's College London, UK
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Global Englishes from Global Perspectives; K.Murata & J.Jenkins
PART I: UNDERSTANDING ENGLISHES AND ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF) IN ASIA
Dimensions of Understanding in Cross-Cultural Communication; L.Smith
Accommodation and the Idiom Principle in English as a Lingua Franca; B.Seidlhofer & H.Widdowson
Exploring Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua Franca in the East Asian Context; J.Jenkins
PART II: CULTURAL IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND ATTITUDES IN ENGLISHES IN ASIA
Pygmalion in Singapore; T.Hung
Japanese English for EIAL: What it should be like and how much has been introduced; M.Morizumi
Characteristics of Korea English as a Glocalized Variety; K-J.Park
PART III: ENGLISHES IN ASIAN ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS CONTEXTS
Academic Writing in World Englishes: the Asian Context; Y.Kachru
Standards and Linguistic Realities of English in the Malaysian Workplace; S.Gill
English in Asian Advertising and the Teaching of World Englishes; T.K.Bhatia
PART IV: THE FUTURE OF ENGLISHES: A PARADIGM SHIFT?
Asian Englishes in the Asian Age: Contexts and Challenges; B.Kachru
Plurilithic Englishes; A.Pennycook
The Future of English: Beyond the Kachruvian Three Circle Model?; Y.Yano
Index
KUMIKO MURATA is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the School of Education and the Graduate School of Education, Waseda University, Japan. She is the author of A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Analysis of Conversation and Its Implications for Language Pedagogy (1994) and the co-editor of Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in Japan (in Japanese with Tetsuo Harada, 2008).
JENNIFER JENKINS is Chair of English Language at the University of Southampton, UK. where she teaches subjects related to World Englishes. She has published two books on ELF: The Phonology of English as an International Language (2000) and English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity (2007), as well as World Englishes (2nd edition, 2009).
Description
This volume explores the spread of English in the world or global Englishes, and English as a lingua franca (ELF), focusing, in particular, on Asian Englishes as used in their local contexts. Contributors from across languages and cultures vividly describe the ways in which English users communicate with each other, negotiating meaning, accommodating to each other and creatively constructing their communities of practice. The resulting multi-perspective volume offers an invaluable opportunity for language practitioners, scholars and students in the fields of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, and TESOL to exchange opinions, participate in the discussions, reflect on diverse views and contribute to discussions in the field.
Reviews
'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature available to students on BA and MA programmes. I believe that many of the chapters will engender some very stimulating and thought provoking discussions...a very timely, much needed contribution to our growing understanding of the global presence of English in all its many guises across Asia and the wider world'
- Martin Dewey, King's College London, UK
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Global Englishes from Global Perspectives; K.Murata & J.Jenkins
PART I: UNDERSTANDING ENGLISHES AND ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF) IN ASIA
Dimensions of Understanding in Cross-Cultural Communication; L.Smith
Accommodation and the Idiom Principle in English as a Lingua Franca; B.Seidlhofer & H.Widdowson
Exploring Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua Franca in the East Asian Context; J.Jenkins
PART II: CULTURAL IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND ATTITUDES IN ENGLISHES IN ASIA
Pygmalion in Singapore; T.Hung
Japanese English for EIAL: What it should be like and how much has been introduced; M.Morizumi
Characteristics of Korea English as a Glocalized Variety; K-J.Park
PART III: ENGLISHES IN ASIAN ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS CONTEXTS
Academic Writing in World Englishes: the Asian Context; Y.Kachru
Standards and Linguistic Realities of English in the Malaysian Workplace; S.Gill
English in Asian Advertising and the Teaching of World Englishes; T.K.Bhatia
PART IV: THE FUTURE OF ENGLISHES: A PARADIGM SHIFT?
Asian Englishes in the Asian Age: Contexts and Challenges; B.Kachru
Plurilithic Englishes; A.Pennycook
The Future of English: Beyond the Kachruvian Three Circle Model?; Y.Yano
Index
Authors
KUMIKO MURATA is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the School of Education and the Graduate School of Education, Waseda University, Japan. She is the author of A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Analysis of Conversation and Its Implications for Language Pedagogy (1994) and the co-editor of Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in Japan (in Japanese with Tetsuo Harada, 2008).
JENNIFER JENKINS is Chair of English Language at the University of Southampton, UK. where she teaches subjects related to World Englishes. She has published two books on ELF: The Phonology of English as an International Language (2000) and English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity (2007), as well as World Englishes (2nd edition, 2009).
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