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1、EnglishisanAsianLanguage:SomeThoughtsforActionProposalsHONNA,NobuyukiAoyamaGakuinUniversity1.EnglishasanAsianLanguageTheconceptofEnglishasanAsianlanguageisbasedonthefactthatEnglishisheretostayasanindispensablelanguageforintranationalcommunicationand/orinternation
2、alcommunicationinmanycountriesoftheregion.InSoutheastAsia,forexample,EnglishisusedasanindisputablelinguafrancaforregionalcooperationintheASEAN(AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations)organizationcomprisingtenstates.Allothercountriesrecognizetheextraordinaryimportanceo
3、fEnglishasalanguageofwidercommunicationinAsiaandofcoursetheworldaround,andputaredoubledemphasisonEnglishlanguageteaching(ELT).China,acountryof1.2billionpeople,has300millionstudentsenrolledintheEnglishclassrooms.Japanhasinitiatedafull-fledgedactionprogramtopavethe
4、wayforimprovedELTinfiveyears,withafocusonteachingEnglishinEnglishinprimaryandsecondaryschools.TheuseofEnglishasanAsianlanguageencouragestheteachingandlearningofEnglishinAsiancontexts.Assuch,theSEAMEORELC(SoutheastAsianEducationMinisters'Organization’sRegionalLang
5、uageCentre)stationedinSingaporehostsalargenumberofteachersandstudentsfromotherAsiancountriesforteachertrainingandlanguageinstruction.Likewise,PhilippineuniversitiesattractAsianstudentsforELTprograms.TheU.S.A.andtheU.K.usedtobetheplacesforambitiousstudentstogotoin
6、ordertolearnEnglish.Butnowthisurgehascomparativelyweakened.SomeAsiancountriesareaddedtoalistoftheirdestinations.2.TwoCharacteristicsofContemporaryEnglishInviewofthetendency,itisimperativethatweexplorevariousintranationalandinternationalissuesinvolvedinrecognizing
7、andpromotingEnglishasanAsianlanguageandteaching,learning,plususingEnglishassuch.Actually,however,itisextremelydifficulttocomprehendawholerangeoflogicaldeductionsstemmingfromtheideaofEnglishasanAsianlanguage.Inthispresentation,Iwouldliketoaddressoneramification;th
8、atis,themulticulturalizationofEnglishinAsia.ContemporaryEnglishhastwomajorcharacteristics:internationalizationanddiversification.TheinternationalizationofEngli