As You Like It
The Future of the English Language
This work examines the implications of current trends in the English Language for policy agendas. Run in association with Cambridge Assessment, and ESOL Examinations at the University of Cambridge, it will identify not only areas in which policy makers will have to change to meet the challenges posed by the emergence of variants of English - Englishes - but also how government and others can work with providers to take advantage of the many opportunites that 'Englishes' present...
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- English grip on internet being eroded from Guardian Unlimited: Technology Blog post on English and the internet. from : petebradwell 17th July 2006
- Global English Essay on 'Global English' - what it is, what it means - whether it exists. from : petebradwell 20th July 2006
- The Murder of the English Language A key area in thinking about the future of the English language is that of standards - the maintenance of the base rules of grammar and punctuation that define a 'proper' language.To what extent can the UK claim to be the standard-bearer for a particularly authentic English language? Why would it? What are the benefits? What do we gain or lose from abandoning the strictures of an official language?And there's a further set of problems, based around the links between those standards and a... from : petebradwell 21st July 2006
- The Observer | Comment | Suddenly, we all want to speak in tongues Article on the apparent trend in British people learning languages. My favourite line - 'the government...is discovering its inner Chomsky...' from : petebradwell 24th July 2006
- Channelnewsasia.com English language teaching in Singapore from : petebradwell 26th July 2006
- Only English...? The debate over English-only education in the US is a fascinating example of how a state's linguistic policy has serious implications for it's internal cultural and identity dynamics. There are a slew of news articles examining the high-level political arguments. Here's a few: Forbes, Washington Post, channel3000.I wonder if, in the way that the debate is tied with questions of ownership, centre-periphery relations and the linking of laguage to a particular cultural history, the debate isn't... from : petebradwell 27th July 2006
- Connecting with Citizenship education: a mapping study Study on the best ways to teach citizenship by NFER from : petebradwell 28th November 2006
- Democtionary We've just launched the pamphlet As You Like It: Catching up in an age of global English. In it, we argue that Engish has developed around the world into something called 'global Engish' - which is best described as a family of language rather than one, single language with roots in one particular space.There are lots of different forms spoken around the world, for lots of different purposes - people use English to communicate for business; some have taken on the language and developed... from : petebradwell 15th March 2007
- “What absolute drivel, what rubbish, what poppycock.” We launched As You Like It yesterday here at Demos. We had a really interesting discussion that touched on some fascinating areas covered in the report - language learning, global powers, international development. Thanks to everyone that came down, and especially to our speakers and panellists David Graddol and Simon Anholt who shared with us their considerable insights and expertise. There was some ripe coverage yesterday of our pamphlet too... from : petebradwell 16th March 2007