English in the World Global Rules, Global Roles

by Rubdy, Rani; Saraceni, Mario

• ISBN13: 9780826489050
• ISBN10: 0826489052
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-24
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Examines different conceptions of English as an international language, looking at world Englishes, native-speakers and 'standard' English. This book also covers the pedagogical implications of English as an international language; and addresses key questions with regard to the teaching of English.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	1	(4)
Introduction	5	(12)
Rani Rubdy and Mario Saraceni
Part I: Conceptualizing EIL	17	(93)
An Interview with Tom McArthur	21	(11)
Rani Rubdy and Mario Saraceni
Global Intelligibility and Local Diversity: Possibility or Paradox?	32	(8)
Jennifer Jenkins
English as a Lingua Franca in the Expanding Circle: What it Isn't	40	(11)
Barbara Seidlhofer
Defining the 'Successful Bilingual Speaker' of English	51	(20)
Luke Prodromou
Which Model of English: Native-speaker, Nativized or Lingua Franca?	71	(13)
Andy Kirkpatrick
World Englishes or English as a Lingua Franca? A View from the Perspective of Non-Anglo Englishes	84	(11)
Peter K.W. Tan, Vincent B.Y. Ooi and Andy K.L. Chiang
Standard English in the World	95	(15)
Anthea Fraser Gupta
Part II: Pedagogical Implications of EIL	110	(103)
EIL Curriculum Development	114	(16)
Sandra Lee McKay
A Multi-dimensional Approach to Teaching English for the World	130	(21)
Brian Tomlinson
Teaching EIL — Teaching International or Intercultural English? What Teachers Should Know	151	(18)
Nicos Sifakis
Standard Englishes, Pedagogical Paradigms and their Conditions of (Im)possibility	169	(17)
T. Ruanni F. Tupas
English in the World does not mean English Everywhere: The Case for Multilingualism in the ELT/ESL Profession	186	(14)
Michael Joseph and Esther Ramani
An Interview with Suresh Canagarajah	200	(13)
Rani Rubdy and Mario Saraceni
Name Index	213	(3)
Subject Index	216