All Englishes Are Equal (But Some Are More Equal Than Others)

Frank VAN SPLUNDER

Makale detayları

All Englishes Are Equal (But Some Are More Equal Than Others)

Yazarlar:

Frank VAN SPLUNDER

Yayıncı:

Boğazici University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Bogazici University Journal of Education 2013 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2015

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000896405

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-9567

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Özet:

 

This paper reports on the use of English as a medium of instruction in a multilingual context. While most students are either from the Expanding Circle or from the Outer Circle, most lecturers are from the Expanding Circle. Very few (if any) are from the Inner Circle. The case study focuses on the students’ written English. It finds that students who write ‘native-like’ English have a clear advantage. Students from the Outer Circle who use localized varieties of English face particular problems of intelligibility. The paper argues that English may not be the ‘common language’ it is often believed to be, and that it may introduce new inequalities.

 

This paper reports on the use of English as a medium of instruction in a multilingual context. While most students are either from the Expanding Circle or from the Outer Circle, most lecturers are from the Expanding Circle. Very few (if any) are from the Inner Circle. The case study focuses on the students’ written English. It finds that students who write ‘native-like’ English have a clear advantage. Students from the Outer Circle who use localized varieties of English face particular problems of intelligibility. The paper argues that English may not be the ‘common language’ it is often believed to be, and that it may introduce new inequalities.

Makale detayları

All Englishes Are Equal (But Some Are More Equal Than Others)

Yazarlar:

Frank VAN SPLUNDER

Yayıncı:

Boğazici University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Bogazici University Journal of Education 2013 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2015

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000896405

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-9567

Expanding Circle

English as a Lingua Franca

English-medium instruction

multilingualism

native speaker

outer circle

Sayı

Makale detayları

All Englishes Are Equal (But Some Are More Equal Than Others)

Yazarlar: Frank VAN SPLUNDER

Yayıncı: Boğazici University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: Bogazici University Journal of Education 2013 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2015

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000896405

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-9567

Expanding Circle

English as a Lingua Franca

English-medium instruction

multilingualism

native speaker

outer circle

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Frank VAN SPLUNDER

Yayıncı:

Boğazici University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Bogazici University Journal of Education 2013 Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2015

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000896405

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-9567