Teaching English as an International Language Rethinking Goals and Approaches

by McKay, Sandra Lee

• ISBN13: 9780194373647
• ISBN10: 0194373649
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This series offers useful references for language teachers, teacher trainers, and trainees. English is the major language of international communication, and everyone wants to learn it. But which English, and how? This book provides an accessible overview of this increasingly important field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
English as an international language	5	(22)
Defining an international language	5	(10)
Numbers of users and official recognition	5	(6)
Features of an international language	11	(4)
Reasons for the spread of English	15	(4)
Factors that may impede the spread of English	19	(1)
Negative effects of the spread of English	20	(4)
Summary	24	(3)
Further reading	25	(2)
Bilingual users of English	27	(22)
Defining a native speaker	28	(4)
Bilingual users of English	32	(6)
Bilingual users of English in Inner Circle countries	34	(1)
Bilingual users of English in Outer Circle countries	35	(2)
Bilingual users of English in Expanding Circle countries	37	(1)
Redefining English as an International Language	38	(1)
Problems of using a native speaker model in research	39	(2)
Bilingual teachers of English	41	(4)
Summary	45	(4)
Further reading	46	(3)
Standards for English as an international language	49	(32)
Language standards and English as an international language	49	(4)
The debate over standards in English as an international language	50	(1)
Defining Standard English	51	(1)
The question of intelligibility	52	(1)
Language change and varieties of English	53	(5)
Attitudes toward varieties of English	54	(4)
Distinctive linguistic features of varieties of English	58	(14)
Lexical variation	60	(2)
Grammatical variation	62	(7)
Phonological variation	69	(3)
Pragmatic and rhetorical standards in English as an international language	72	(6)
Pragmatic competence	73	(3)
Rhetorical competence	76	(2)
Summary	78	(3)
Further reading	79	(2)
Culture in teaching English as an international language	81	(22)
The role of culture in language teaching	82	(2)
Rationales for culture learning	84	(4)
Cultural content in language teaching materials	88	(9)
Target culture materials	88	(2)
Source culture materials	90	(1)
International target culture materials	91	(2)
A reflective approach to cultural content	93	(4)
The role of culture in discourse communities	97	(2)
Summary	99	(4)
Further reading	100	(3)
Teaching methods and English as an international language	103	(22)
A culture of learning	104	(3)
The spread of English and communicative language teaching	107	(4)
Challenges to the use of communicative language teaching	111	(5)
Toward an appropriate methodology for English as an international language	116	(5)
Summary	121	(4)
Further reading	122	(3)
Conclusion: rethinking goals and approaches	125	(6)
Toward a comprehensive theory of teaching and learning English as an International Language	125	(2)
Teaching goals for English as an International Language	127	(1)
Approaches to the teaching of English as an International Language	128	(3)
Glossary	131	(4)
Bibliography	135