Researching the Impact of English on Minority and Indigenous Languages in Non-Western Contexts  

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Beckett, Gulbahar H. ; MacPherson, Seonaigh

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: TESOL Quarterly (Full Text; vol 1-16 ada di JSTOR) vol. 39 no. 2 (Jun. 2005), page 299-307.
Fulltext: Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 299-307.pdf (991.77KB)

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In its winter 2003 issue, TESOL Quarterly published an important and timely article by David Nunan, written in response to the TESOL International Research Foundation's call for "research into the impact of English as a global language" (Duff & Bailey, 2001, p. 589). Nunan's article addresses the need for more research as English becomes the global language of academia, commerce, entertainment, and communi- cation (Crystal, 1997, 2000; MacPherson, 2003). It makes a significant contribution to language policy studies in general and in the Asia-Pacific region in particular. We believe his article will serve as a catalyst for more studies and critical discussions on the impact of English as a global language. With this in mind, we initiate a discussion by critiquing Nunan's discussion of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to address potential problems in researching and representing policies affecting "distant" peoples. We address these issues focusing on site selection, participant selection, data source, as well as interpretation and analysis in relation to research on English as a global language and its effects on minority and Indigenous languages.

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