Analysing English in a global context : a reader / edited by Anne Burns and Caroline Coffin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burns, Anne, 1945-

Coffin, Caroline, 1958-

Series:

Teaching English language worldwide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Foreign countries.

English language--Variation.

Communication, International.

Intercultural communication.

Languages in contact.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge in association with Macquarie University and the Open University, 2001.

Summary:

"Analysing English in a Global Context" offers a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and develops the skills needed to analyze these forms. Together with its companion volumes, it presents English language teaching in a variety of specific institutional, geographic, and cultural contexts. Topics include: the internationalization of English; the status of the non-native English teacher; the recognition of language variation; the debate on standard versus non-standard varieties.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415241154

0415241162

OCLC:

44764010