Lingua e Traduzione Inglese III Global Englishes A. A. 2017/18 Prof Lingua e Traduzione Inglese III Global Englishes A.A. 2017/18 Prof. Enrico Grazzi enrico.grazzi@uniroma3.it

Brainstorming… How would you define these different kinds of English? English as a native language (ENL) English as a 2nd language (ESL) English as a foreign language (EFL) English as a lingua franca (ELF)

Is control of English shifting away from British and American native speakers? Watch this video and listen to what a famous linguist says. Then, fill in the video chart in slide n. 5. https://youtu.be/YJ29zDW9gLI

Video chart: Watch this video again and note down the following information: The linguist’s name Figures about today’s speakers of English Main cause of language change The meaning of “accommodation” Instances of new expressions in global English The role of Internet interaction on global English The relationship between majority and minority usage of English

Strevens’s world map of English (1992)

McArthur’s Circle of World English (1998)

Kachru’s model of World English (1992)

Modiano’s centripetal circles of International English (1999)

Modiano’s English as an International language (1999)

Pennycook’s 3D transtextual model of English use (2009) Language resources: The interlingual plane of communicative repertoires Language contexts: The colinguistic use of English in space and time Speaker location: The ideolinguistic uptake of meaning

Mahboob’s language variation framework of English (2014)

Homework: A1; A2 B1; B2 Write your personal comment (500 words) about this topic: “A changing English in a changing world”