Baker, Will (Language teacher),

Global Englishes / Will Baker, Tomokazu Ishikawa and Jennifer Jenkins. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. - 1 online resource. - Routledge key guide to applied linguistics .

"The global spread of English, with over two billion users of the language, is now well-documented. English functions as a language of education, business, tourism, and intercultural communication in many settings across the world. Global Englishes offers a clear and comprehensive overview of key areas of the topic, encompassing both World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca within a single volume. This engaging textbook offers readers the opportunity to reflect on key debates as well as develop their own thinking on real-world language practices and problems in light of Global Englishes theory and research. Organised into a three-part Survey, followed by readings from important texts, this is both an introductory textbook, covering key concepts and themes, and a starting point for further study. It is essential reading for students of Global/World Englishes and ELF in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English language teaching, and intercultural communication"--

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English language--Foreign countries.
English language--English-speaking countries.
English language--Variation--Foreign countries.
English language--Variation--English-speaking countries.
English language--Globalization.

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