Books in the Routledge Studies in World Englishes series

This book provides the first systematic, comprehensive account of English in East and South Asia. It provides a rigorous theoretical overview and coverage of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual English use in EESA. This book will be a useful resource for anyone interested in EESA or world Englishes

In this volume, key thinkers on language and literature discuss the future of English in Asia. Studying subject areas such as Cultural Translation in World Englishes, Multilingual Education, English Futures and the function of Literature, English Literary Studies in Japan, and English and Social Media in Asia, the different chapters also respond to different contemporary debates and emerging trends and discourses that are hugely important for the future of English language teaching in schools across Asia. This volume reflects the widespread acknowledgement that whatever future English has will inevitably be shaped by its fate in Asia.

This book is a reference on the history, sociology, and linguistic structure of Philippine English. It offers readers access to a synthesis of the last fifty years of research on Philippine English and also offers a new and better understanding of the nativization of English in the Philippines.

In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishes offer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world. Established as a legitimate field of study, WE offers a conceptual framework which has influenced scholarship in many related disciplines: Contact Linguistics, P

This book examines how the professional development of EFL teachers is addressed and defined in the government language policies in Japan and Vietnam and identifies issues surrounding the professional development of EFL teachers in these countries.

This book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the methodological tools that have to date been implemented within World Englishes (WE) research. It explores various methodological tools, demonstrating how such approaches have been used to address a wide range of empirical topics common to WE research.

This book examines how the professional development of EFL teachers is addressed and defined in the government language policies in Japan and Vietnam and identifies issues surrounding the professional development of EFL teachers in these countries.

In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishesoffer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world. Established as a legitimate field of study, WE offers a conceptual framework which has influenced scholarship in many related disciplines: Contact Linguistics, Post-Colonial Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, English as an International Language, Applied Linguistics, and Critical Applied Linguistics. This seminal volume will have an excellent balance between theoretical and empirical works focusing on scholarship that has arisen in relation to the Kachruvian three-concentric-circle model.

In this volume, key thinkers on language and literature discuss the future of English in Asia. Studying subject areas such as Cultural Translation in World Englishes, Multilingual Education, English Futures and the function of Literature, English Literary Studies in Japan, and English and Social Media in Asia, the different chapters also respond to different contemporary debates and emerging trends and discourses that are hugely important for the future of English language teaching in schools across Asia. This volume reflects the widespread acknowledgement that whatever future English has will inevitably be shaped by its fate in Asia.