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O'Hara-Davies, Breda – World Englishes, 2010
A considerable amount of time has elapsed since the existence of a distinct variety of English, Brunei English (BNE), was mooted in the early 1990s. A subsequent study conducted by Svalberg in 1998 suggested that BNE was then in its infancy and that its speakers were largely unaware of the differences between it and Standard British English (STE).…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Grammar, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Hamp-Lyons, Liz; Davies, Alan – World Englishes, 2008
The two authors conducted a small empirical study to attempt to find support for--or evidence against--the view that international tests of English language proficiency are unfair to speakers of non-standards forms of English, since these tests privilege standard forms. We explore the question of whose norms should be imposed in these tests, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, North American English, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency

van der Walt, Christa – World Englishes, 2000
Describes a project that aimed to find a more contextualized method of testing the comprehensibility of spoken language and then to use this method to test the comprehensibility of five native and nonnative varieties of South African English with as international an audience as time and resources would allow. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, International Communication, Language Tests

Lee, Jackie F. K. – World Englishes, 2001
Compares the linguistic acceptability of the various forms of "need" in non-assertive contexts (i.e. in interrogatives and negatives) between two speech communities: Australians as native speakers of English, and Hong Kong people as second or foreign language learners of English. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students
Bautista, Ma. Lourdes S. – World Englishes, 2004
Taking its inspiration from a study conducted by Svalberg of Brunei English verb usage (1998), this paper examines the responses of a sample of 205 Filipino university freshmen to grammatically correct and incorrect verb forms in a 20-item Grammaticality Judgment Test. The test covered tense harmony, verb forms, tenses, and modals. Except in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semantics, Morphemes, Verbs

Kenkel, James M.; Tucker, Richard W. – World Englishes, 1989
Outlines an application of theoretical understandings of institutionalized or nativized varieties of English to the practical concern of English-as-a-Second-Language programs, including testing, placement, and pedagogy. (29 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Essays, Foreign Countries