An evaluation on the similarities and differences of "World Englishes"

An evaluation on the similarities and differences of "World Englishes"

HABIBIC, Ajsa
TANKOSIC, Ana

English is the global language now under the certain dynamics resulting that. It is worldwide known and used in many contexts for various purposes. “World Englishes” are called with different names such as ESL (English as a second language), EFL (English as foreign language) and EIL (English as an International Language) which is the core notion of that study. Each language presents a distinct cultural accumulation of a society and each culture presents a distinct cultural accumulation. It is a hot debate which one is the outcome of the other and depends on the point of view of the discussion. Anthropologists, linguists and sociolinguists have studied on that for many years according to interested field and gathered valuable data. In our study, we aim to provide an understanding towards “English language” which displays totally different characteristics because of its use worldwide. Our starting point is the famous circle of world Englishes by Kachru. By basing our argument, cross comparison of differences and similarities of world Englishes will be examined. Through that examination, we will discuss which English and who’s English to be taught.

Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed

2013

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