Analysing English in a global context : a reader

Burns, Anne ;

Analysing English in a global context : a reader - London ; New York : Routledge in association with Macquarie University and The Open University, 2001. - xii, 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ;

Includes Index.

World Englishes / Braj B. Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson --
English in the future / David Graddol --
New technology : new language at work? / Denise E. Murray --
The future of Englishes / David Crystal --
The power and politics of genre / Vijay K. Bhatia --
English in the world/the world in English / Alastair Pennycook --
Theoretical approaches to written language : a TESOL approach / Caroline Coffin --
Analysing spoken discourse : implications for TESOL / Anne Burns --
Language, register and genre / J.R. Martin --
Understanding genre and register : implications for language teaching / Clare Painter --
Literacy and linguistics : relationships between spoken and written language / M.A.K. Halliday --
How to analyze visual images : a guide for TESOL teachers / Maree Stenglin and Rick Iedema --
Technicality and abstraction : language for the creation of specialized texts / J.R. Martin --
Text analysis and diagnostic assessment / Eleanor Er --
Pedagogical grammars : their role in English language teaching / Beverly Derewianka.

This is a groundbreaking Reader which includes specially commissioned pieces as well as classic texts and provides a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and its impact on language teaching contexts.

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