World English or Englishes： Which Should We Teach in the Context of China？

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1、维普资讯http://www.cqvip.comApr．2005，Volume2，No．4(SerialNo．16)Sino-USEnglishTeaching，ISSN1539-8072，USAWorldEnglishorEnglishes：WhichShould胁TeachintheContextofChina?LinaCaiXiaopingYanXinjiangPetroleumInstituteAbstract：Englishisthemostrespectablelanguageandthemostun

2、iversallyreadandspokenlanguageintheworld，However，withthespreadofEnglishtherearealotof“varieties”ofEnglish．WhenEnglishisreferredtoasa“world”language，wefrequentlyhearreferencetoWorldEnglishes．WiththeinternationalizationofEnglish，ElL(EnglishasInternationalLangua

3、ge)isbeingtaughttodayinawidediversityofcontexts；anysoundpedagogymustbeinformedbyatheoryoflanguagelearningandteachingthatissuficientlycomplextoaccountforthisdiversity．TheessayisintendedtoargueforteachingacertainStandardEnglish，British，AmericanorAustralianEngli

4、shinthecontextofChina．TheoverallpurposeofthebilingualusersofEnglish，istouseEnglishasalanguageofwidercommunicationinaglobalandsometimesalsoinalocalsense，aswellastoaccessthevastamountofinformationcurentlyavailableinEnglish，andalsotocontributetothisknowledgebasi

5、s．Keywords：WorldEnglishEnglishcontextlanguageI．introduction‘‘Englishwillbethemostrespectablelanguageintheworldandthemostuniversallyreadandspokeninthenextcentury,ifnotbeforethecloseofthisone”(Adams，citedinKachru，1992)．JohnAdamsforesawthisinthelateeighteencentu

6、ryanditholdstrue．Englishisnowwellestablishedasthelinguafrancaofworldwidecommunication．Itisthelanguageofinternationalbusiness，thelanguageofinternationalconferences，thelanguageoftheinternationalcommunicationsnetwork，thelanguageofintemationalpopularmdsicandthela

7、nguageofinternationaltravelers(Paltridge，1991)．WiththeglobalspreadofEnglish．however,therearealotof“varieties”ofEnglish．WhenEnglishisreferedtoasa“world”language．wefrequentlyhearreferencetoWorldEnglishes．ThemostinfluentialmodelofthespreadofEnglishhasundoubtedly

8、beenthatofKachru，whodividesWorldEnglishesintothreeconcentriccircles，theInnerCircle，theOuterCircle，andtheExpandingCircle(Kachru，1992)．TheInnerCircleinctudestheENLcountries(Englishasanative