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
- Xinhua - English Launch of an English-language China Economist magazine - designed to 'stimulate dialogue between Chinese and foreign business and economic circles'. from : petebradwell 21st 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
- Language Log: On Prescriptivism Mistakes and language from : petebradwell 18th September 2006
- Language Log: Ineffability Vocabulary and expression - am I inarticulate because I don't know enough words? Is there an optimally efficient pool of vocab for each person? from : petebradwell 21st September 2006
- "Je veux go" - Launching As You Like It Lots of interesting stories about languages recently. Perhaps most interesting was a report on the BBC website on the emergence of a new language in Cameroon: frananglais. It's a mixture, apparently, of French, English and Creole, and has been causing teachers there some consternation. Interesting stuff, and especially for us perhaps; Sam and I have just finished writing As You Like It... from : petebradwell 28th February 2007
- 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
- International Quidditch Just a brief post to draw attention to this article in the Guardian.Apparently, the English language version of the last instalment of the Harry Potter saga sells more overseas than in the UK - people don't want to wait for the translation. A million copies were sold last month in Germany alone, and the Chinese love it, racking up a number of pre-orders 200% higher than the last one.Apart from wizard-fever, this shows how important popular culture is in relation to the globalisation of... from : samjones 19th September 2007