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Direct linkIgboanusi, Herbert – World Englishes, 2008
In spite of the fact that Nigerian Pidgin (NP) is probably the language with the highest population of users in Nigeria, it does not enjoy official recognition and is excluded from the education system. It lacks prestige because it is seen by many Nigerians as a "bad" form of English and associated with a socially deprived set of people.…
Descriptors: Pidgins, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Phillipson, Robert – World Englishes, 2008
The paper explores how we think of English and "English Studies" in present-day Europe. It questions the apparent neutrality of the term lingua franca by suggesting a more differentiated set of terms. It relates the current consolidation and expansion of English to processes of global Americanisation and Europeanisation. The European…
Descriptors: Language Role, Foreign Countries, Official Languages, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBolton, Kingsley – World Englishes, 2000
Surveys the sociolinguistic background to the recognition of Hong Kong English and considers the arguments in favor of a paradigm shift in approaches to these issues. Reviews the history of English in Hong Kong and language planning and language policies in the late colonial period. Makes the case for recognition of Hong Kong English with…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Creativity, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Young, Ming Yee Carissa – World Englishes, 2006
This paper describes a survey that assessed the attitudes toward English among university students in Macao five years after it reunited with the People's Republic of China and ceased to be a Portuguese colony. A group of 144 Macao-born and 197 Mainland-born Chinese students studying in a university in Macao were surveyed using a 22-item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Language Planning
Chang, Junyue – World Englishes, 2006
This paper sets China's education of English majors within the changing global and national context. It examines the impact of accelerating globalisation and the rise of global English, the adjustment of China's English language policy, the growth of the education of English majors and the challenges faced by this sector of education. To adapt to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Training Objectives
Tickoo, Makhan L. – World Englishes, 2006
The most outstanding characteristic of language in education policy for South Asia (SA) is its multilingualism. All through recorded history the seven countries that constitute SA have been multilingual. For at least the first two decades of their existence as sovereign states the large nation states of SA failed to take into account this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Language of Instruction, Monolingualism
