| Description |
xxvii, 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction English(es) in global and local perspectives World English(es) in the age of globalization / Kwok-kan Tam -- Global English, culture and western modernity / David Parker -- English studies as creolized cultural space / Timothy Weiss -- Linguistic imperialism and the history of English language teaching in Hong Kong / Joseph Boyle -- Centrifugal tendencies around the rim: reading Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior in the Hong Kong University classroom / Stuart Christie -- Globalization, tribalization and online communication / Suying Yang -- Globalization and English language teaching in Hong Kong / George C.K. Jor -- The English language and Chinese people / Phillip Shu-yue Sun -- When English becomes big business / Wang Labao -- Globalization and intercultural competence / Wen Qiufang -- Globalism and localism: issues of standard and variation in English as a foreign language / Li Ming (Suzhou) -- The role of empathy in intercultural communication / Ma Liyan -- A cultural approach to literature for Chinese students / Ye Hong -- The need to integrate language and culture in teaching English as a foreign language in China / Li Ming (Guangdon) -- English language education in China: an update / Agnes Lam / Kathy Chow |
| Summary |
"The fifteen essays collected in this book by scholars from Hong Kong and Mainland China offer ground-breaking perspectives on the political, cultural and pedagogical issues surrounding the English language and its use in the age of globalization. They represent pioneering work in examining how English functions as a global language in these Chinese contexts, as well as how the mastery of this increasingly, culturally and linguistically, hybridized language has become a challenge. An issue that teachers and learners of English in Hong Kong and Mainland China now face is the growing recognition of the important cultural roles non-Western Englishes play in the new, globalized world order." "Contributors to this monograph include distinguished scholars in English studies, cultural studies, language planning, curriculum design and E.L.T."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [253]-272 |
| Subject |
English language -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Globalization.
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Language planning -- China -- Hong Kong.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Weiss, Timothy, 1949-
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Tam, Kwok-kan, 1952-
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| LC no. |
2007320487 |
| ISBN |
9629961849 |
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