World English

Question 1

David Crystal

World English

Answer 1

2 billion English speakers
L1= 400 million L2= 600 million
English will continue to grow as a lingua francs and will be adopted and adapted

Question 2

Mario saracini

Answer 2

Relocating and de anglicising English had cut the ‘psychological umbilical cord” between UK and English allowing others to adopt

Question 3

Nicholas ostler

Answer 3

As UK and US lose power English will lose its pre eminent role

Question 4

Jennifer Jenkins

Answer 4

There is a huge range of English variation, the standard British English should not be assumed

Question 5

McArthur

Answer 5

Future uniformity

A world Standard English is emergering due to globalisation

Question 6

Ethnologue

Answer 6

English is not most spoken language
Chinese= 2000 million
Spanish = 399 million

Question 7

Kachru

Answer 7

Three circle model
Inner (UK, US, AU etc)
Outer (India, Jamaica, Ghana, Singapore etc)
Expanding (China, Japan, Russia Europe, etc)

Suggest privilege and doesn’t address proficiency or diversity

Question 8

Pidgin

Answer 8

A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between 2 people that don’t share a language