The authors offer a response to the argument that Chinese students' academic writing in English is influenced by "culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate." They point out that the rapid growth in the use of English worldwide calls for "a radical reassessment of what English is in today's world."
The authors offer a response to the argument that Chinese students' academic writing in English is influenced by "culturally nuanced rhetorical baggag...
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...
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 student...
