015130 Global Englishes

This subject deals with one of the most hotly debated current issues in TESOL and applied linguistics: the implications of the global spread of English. We look at the general causes and effects of the global spread of English, including its current relationship with global media and the Internet and arguments about linguistic imperialism, linguistic genocide, and the maintenance of global inequality. A second focus is on contemporary roles, status, forms and implications of different varieties of new Englishes, such as Indian, Singaporean and Australian Aboriginal English, as well as less standardised or accepted forms. A third focus is on global Englishes in the classroom, including questions of standardisation and intelligibility as well as the contested notions of native and non-native speakers. A fourth focus is on the forms of resistance and appropriation through language rights and postcolonial writing. This subject should be of broad interest to students across and beyond the Faculty of Education.