English in Singapore

by Lim, Lisa; Pakir, Anne; Wee, Lionel

• ISBN13: 9789888028436
• ISBN10: 988802843X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr

Summary

This collection is the seventh volume in the Asian Englishes Today series. It is an excellent addition as the nation makes an interesting case study of various issues in sociolinguistics, not least because it is an ethnically and linguistically diverse society, but because the country has also a history of attempts at social engineering. The ongoing tensions between what the state envisions for the people and their actual language practices are some of the phenomena that provide the grounding for indepth analyses. The essays here revolve around four closely related themes: the ecology of English in Singapore, reconceptualizing "English," ethnicity and ownership, and English in education; all make for a focused and coherent volume on sociolinguistic issues relating in particular to language policy in Singapore.Lisa Lim is an assistant professor in the School of English, the University of Hong Kong. Anne Pakir is an associate professor in English language and literature, National University of Singapore. Lionel Wee is an associate professor and deputy head of English language and literature, National University of Singapore.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of contributors	p. xi
Map of Singapore and the region	p. xiv
The Ecology of English in Singapore	p. 1
English in Singapore: Policies and prospects	p. 3
Migrants and 'mother tongues': Extralinguistic forces in the ecology of English in Singapore	p. 19
Reconceptualizing 'English'	p. 55
Singapore Standard English revisited	p. 57
The Speak Good English Movement: A web-user's perspective	p. 91
Hybridity in ways of speaking: The glocalization of English in Singapore	p. 109
Ethnicity and Ownership	p. 131
Whose English? Language ownership in Singapore's English language debates	p. 133
Language and social capital in Singapore	p. 159
Language policy and planning in Singaporean late modernity	p. 181
English in Education	p. 205
Problematizing the implementation of innovation in English language education in Singapore	p. 207
Sounding local and going global: Current research and implications for pronunciation teaching	p. 235
English as a lingua franca: Negotiating Singapore's English language education	p. 261
Research Bibliography	p. 281
Researching English in Singapore: Bibliographic sources	p. 283
Index	p. 305
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