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Glocalizing ELT: From Chinglish to China English

Journal of language teaching and research, 2011-03, Vol.2 (2), p.377 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Academy Publisher Mar 2011 ;ISSN: 1798-4769 ;EISSN: 2053-0684 ;DOI: 10.4304/jltr.2.2.377-381

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  • Title:
    Glocalizing ELT: From Chinglish to China English
  • Author: Fang, Xing
  • Subjects: Cultural identity ; Culture ; Education ; English as a second language instruction ; English language ; Imperialism ; Intercultural communication ; International relations ; Linguistics ; Localization ; Native languages ; Pedagogy ; Teaching
  • Is Part Of: Journal of language teaching and research, 2011-03, Vol.2 (2), p.377
  • Description: [...]Widdowson (1997), on the grounds of the current uses of English, argues that the global currency of English is attributed to the fact that the language is now central to a wide variety of specific purposes ranging from international relations to popular culture to academia. [...]McKay (2002, p.24) refutes Phillipson's "linguistic imperialism" by emphasizing that "the spread of English is ... a complex process brought about both by those who actively promote the language and those who consciously choose to learn it", and she further explains that many individuals learn English in order to claim access to such things as scientific and technological information, global economic trade, and higher education, the majority of which are English-based in the fast-globalized world (p.21). [...]people in Outer Circle countries should not be discouraged from speaking localized Englishes but ought to learn some communicative strategies that can help them accommodate linguistic and cultural differences and repair communication failures. Before outlining the Chinese variety of English, it is important to first gain some knowledge of the general situation of English education in this country. Since China undertook tremendous social reforms and gradually opened herself up to the outside world during the past three decades, English has become the principal medium for the world to know this country and the country to establish communications with the world. [...]the teacher should assign students to create a corpus of English use by going to streets, subways and any other public places to take photos of signs in English, or going to restaurants to collect English translation for Chinese dishes, or recording English news broadcast about China from TV, or making copies of each others' written assignments (e.g. essays).
  • Publisher: London: Academy Publication Co., Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1798-4769
    EISSN: 2053-0684
    DOI: 10.4304/jltr.2.2.377-381
  • Source: ROAD
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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