Spread of English across greater China

Spread of English across greater China

• Feng, Anwei School of Education, Bangor University, Great Britain

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 33(4), 363-377, 2012

Routledge

2012

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Language Usage Taiwan Hong Kong Singapore China Bilingual Education Macao Second Language Learning English (Second Language) Second Language Teaching

• Hong Kong
• China
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Macau

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Greater China is used in this article to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Macao. While a holistic approach is adopted to present and compare the rapid spread of English and development in English language education in these geographically close, and sociopolitically, culturally and economically interrelated but hugely different societies, an emphasis is placed on mainland China owing to its size and diversity of its population. Through describing and juxtaposing English language use and education, this article unfolds the stories of the spread of English in these societies in the past few decades. It draws on the research data and discussions included in the author's recent book English language education across Greater China, with evidence and findings from other recent publications. On the basis of these discussions, this article critiques the frequently cited models and notions used to describe the spread of English in post-modern societies. It argues that there is a need to come up with new conceptual models in order to catch the essence of the phenomena in the contemporary societies.
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• 10.1080/01434632.2012.661435

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2014-01-18