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ASSESSING WORLD ENGLISHES

Annual review of applied linguistics, 2009-03, Vol.29, p.80-89 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009 ;ISSN: 0267-1905 ;ISSN: 1471-6356 ;EISSN: 1471-6356 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0267190509090072 ;CODEN: ARALEM

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Title:
ASSESSING WORLD ENGLISHES
Author: Davies, Alan
Subjects: American English ; assessment (language) ; Australian English ; British English ; Canadian English ; Dialects ; English as a second language ; English as a World Language ; English as an international language ; English language ; English language varieties ; Indian English ; Language assessment ; Language Policy ; Language varieties ; linguistic norm ; Linguistics ; teaching of language ; The English Language
Is Part Of: Annual review of applied linguistics, 2009-03, Vol.29, p.80-89
Description: English worldwide may be viewed in terms of spread and of diffusion. Spread refers to the use in different global contexts, such as publishing and examinations, of Standard British or American English. Diffusion describes the emergence of local varieties of English in, for example, India or Singapore, comparable to the earlier emergence of Australian English, Canadian English, and so on. In nonformal settings, interlocutors make use of their own local variety of English, their World Englishes (WEs). In formal settings, notably in English language assessment, it seems that the norm appealed to is still that of Standard British or American English. Since English as a lingua franca (ELF) appears to make use only of the spoken medium, there is less of a demand for an ELF written norm. At present what seems to hold back the use of local WEs norms in formal assessment is less the hegemony of Western postcolonial and economic power and more the uncertainty of local stakeholders.
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0267-1905
ISSN: 1471-6356
EISSN: 1471-6356
DOI: 10.1017/S0267190509090072
CODEN: ARALEM
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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ASSESSING WORLD ENGLISHES

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009 ;ISSN: 0267-1905 ;ISSN: 1471-6356 ;EISSN: 1471-6356 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0267190509090072 ;CODEN: ARALEM

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