What is ESL?
It refers to speakers of other languages who live in a country where English is an official language
Are the majority of English speakers native or non-native?
Non-native
In which main country did the spread of English begin?
England
In what field of education is English mainly found?
Scientific field
Which of the following countries is not part of the Inner Circle? Canada - USA - UK - China
China
What is the Inner Circle?
Countries where English is the native language
What is the Expanding Circle?
Countries where English is viewed as a Lingua Franca
What is the Outer Circle
Countries where English is the second language
Is EIL a new form of English with new prescriptive rules? True or False
False
What is English as a Lingua Franca?
Language used between people who do not speak one another’s native language
Native norms
What is the principal ability you need to have to be proficient nowadays?
To be multilingual or multidialectal
Name 3 countries that belong to the Outer Circle
India, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria
Do multilingual people have the capacity to decode the changing norms in different contexts, shape their language to accommodate the norms of their interlocutors, and achieve intelligibility? True or False
True
What is intelligibility?
The capability of being understood
How do we spread English in our everyday lives?
Technology, Globalisation, Television, Popular Culture, Music
Successful bilinguals with intercultural insights and knowledge SHOULD serve as pedagogic models in English as an International Language (EIL) rather than the monolingual native speaker. True or False
True
What is Negotiation?
A process that speakers go through to reach a clear understanding of each other
Name a limitation of Kachru’s model of World Englishes
Leaking outside their national borders, not using English in their own borders, multilingual speakers don’t seem to defer to inner circle norms, used more in multinational contexts by multilingual
Which aspects of EIL criticise of ESL?
Ownership and Native speakerism