Even as Anglophone power wanes in Asia, and China and India rise, the role of the English language in the region continues to develop. How are students in Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia and China itself being taught English? This much-needed overview analyzes the differing language education policies of selected countries that also include Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka. Noting ASEAN's adoption of English as its sole working language, it traces the influence of globalization on English language education in Asia: in many systems, it pushes local languages off the curriculum and is taught as a second language after the national one.

Informed by a comprehensive review of current research and practice in English teaching in Asia, this volume considers the many different roles English is playing across the region, as well as offering an informed assessment of the prospects of English-and Chinese-being a universal language of communication.

Inhalt

Introduction .- World Englishes and Asian Englishes: A Survey of the Field .- EDUCATION . English as an International Language in Asia: Implications for Language Education . The Complexities of Re-reversal of Language-in-Education Policy in Malaysia . English in Multicultural and Multilingual Indonesian Education . Teaching English as an International Language in Mainland China .- COMMUNICATION AND LINGUA FRANCAS . English as a Medium for Russians to Communicate in Asia . Global vs. Glocal English in Dynamic Asia . Lingua Francas as Language Ideologies .- LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN CONTACT . Negotiating Indigenous Values with Anglo-American Cultures in ELT in Japan: A Case of EIL Philosophy in the Expanding Circle . Switching in International English .-NORMS . English in South Asia Ambinormative Orientations and the Role of Corpora: The State of the debate in Sri Lanka . Authenticity of English in Asian Popular Music . A Postscript and a Prolegmenon.