World Englishes Books

New and Published Books

1. Translingual Practice

   Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations

   By Suresh Canagarajah

   Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations introduces a new way of looking at the use of English within a global context. Challenging traditional approaches in second language acquisition and English language teaching, this book incorporates recent advances in multilingual...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes

   Edited by Andy Kirkpatrick

   Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

   The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field. The Handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Markets of English

   Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World

   By Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Lionel Wee

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

   The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language

   Edited by Lubna Alsagoff, Sandra Lee Mckay, Guangwei Hu, Willy A. Renandya

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles? This text explores the pedagogical implications of the continuing spread of English and its role as an...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. English in the World

   History, Diversity, Change

   Edited by Philip Seargeant, Joan Swann

   Series: Worlds of English

   English in the World: History, Diversity, Change examines the English language as it has developed through history and is used across the globe today. The first half of the book outlines the history of the language from its fifth-century roots through its development as a national, a colonial, and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Intelligibility in World Englishes

   Theory and Application

   By Cecil L. Nelson

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone’s English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set within the paradigm of world Englishes – which posits that the Englishes of the world may be seen as flexibly...

   Published May 1st 2011 by Routledge
7. Nonnative Speaker English Teachers

   Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth

   By George Braine

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are nonnative speakers of the language. The nonnative speaker movement began a decade ago to counter the discrimination faced by these teachers and to champion their causes. As the first single-authored volume on the...

   Published February 18th 2010 by Routledge
8. Linguistic Imperialism Continued

   By Robert Phillipson

   This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism – Robert Phillipson’s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major re-thinking of the English teaching profession by connecting the field to wider political and economic forces. Analyzing how...

   Published January 20th 2010 by Routledge
9. Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders

   The Politics and Place of English as a World Language

   By Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

   This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew...

   Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge
10. World Englishes

    A Resource Book for Students, 2nd Edition

    By Jennifer Jenkins

    Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

    Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. World Englishes: is a comprehensive introduction to the subject covers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in world Englishes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I...

    Published March 4th 2009 by Routledge