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A response to the article 'English as an international language : challenges and possibilities', by Michael Clyne and Farzad Sharifian

Australian review of applied linguistics, 2008-01, Vol.31 (3), p.29.1-29.9 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2008 Monash University ePress ;ISSN: 0155-0640 ;EISSN: 1833-7139 ;DOI: 10.2104/aral0829 ;CODEN: ARALDL

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  • Title:
    A response to the article 'English as an international language : challenges and possibilities', by Michael Clyne and Farzad Sharifian
  • Author: Phillipson, Robert
  • Subjects: English (Second language) ; Globalisation ; International languages ; Internationalisation ; Language maintenance ; Language policy ; Power structure
  • Is Part Of: Australian review of applied linguistics, 2008-01, Vol.31 (3), p.29.1-29.9
  • Description: The brevity of the article makes it difficult for Michael Clyne (MC) and Farzad Sharifian (FS) to do justice to the multiplicity of contexts, functions, and forms of contemporary English. There is now a vast literature in this field, only a selection of which is drawn on. MC and FS correctly refer to masses of the relevant parameters of 'international' English, but the author feels that the article tends to over-generalise because of inadequate clarification of the contextual and functional dimensions in play in any given situation or country. This response discusses the use of English in textbooks in higher education in European countries in particular Scandanavia and the problems of language maintenance. It discusses the use of English as a source of structural power. It concludes by calling for a need to re-think language policies if a more just world is to emerge.
  • Publisher: Monash University ePress
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0155-0640
    EISSN: 1833-7139
    DOI: 10.2104/aral0829
    CODEN: ARALDL
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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