Global Englishes in a Globalized World? Rethinking 'English' and Globalization

I-Chung Ke ； Min-Hun Wu

《真理大學人文學報》 6期 (2008/04) Pp. 209-224

https://doi.org/10.29962/TOJA.200804.0011

摘要

邁入二十一世紀，世界各地非母語之英語使用者與學者者持續快速增加。目前英語學習的大環境和二十世紀下半已經明顯不同，新科技帶來一個時空壓縮的全球化世界，因此學習英語有許多新管道和方式，而更重要的是，學習英語的目的也大不相同。本文探討全球化下學習英語的根本議題，如目的、本質、文化認同等等，強調將英語視為一種全球語言而非外語或第二語言是未來英語教學必經之途，畢竟外在大環境已經讓英語全球化。

關鍵字

全球化 ； 英語教學 ； 全球英語 ； 語言與文化

並列摘要

As we enter the twenty-first century, the number of non-native English speakers and learners continues to increase rapidly around the world. But the current contexts in which English is taught and learned in the non-English-speaking countries differ greatly from that in the second half of the last century. An interconnected and time-space compressed world provides non-native English learners new ways and environments to study the language, and more importantly, new purposes to learn 'new Englishes'. This paper addresses the fundamental issues of English learning, such as the purpose, the essence, and the cultural identity, in the context of globalization. We argue that the rise of globalization has changed the purpose of learning English for the majority; teaching and learning English as global Englishes better match the reality of this globalized world.

並列關鍵字

Globalization ； English Learning and Teaching (ELT) ； Global Englishes ； Language and Culture