From Chinglish to New Chinglish — A Critical Exploration of Chinese ELF
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21806285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yiran Hou (0009-0007-7645-0461, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 353 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Practice in Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-2591 • E-ISSN: 2053-0692 |
| Publisher | Academy Publication (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17507/tpls.1004.02 |
| OpenAlex | W3012553257 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Predominant status of English in politics, science, technology and intercultural communications leads to fierce debate over the so-called “ownership” of the English language. Considering the major agent in the spread and development of English around the world, increasing arguments have favoured the position of English as a lingua franca (ELF) shaped more by English’s non-native speakers. This echoes growing advocacy in Chinese academia of legitimatising Chinese ELF and implementing it to the English education. This paper suggests the emergence of an imagined Chinese ELF community in response to the paradox under the Post-Multilingual context that individuals adopt and adapt English for intercultural communication while this may endanger local culture and identity. However, it argues that Chinese ELF is hard to be legitimatised officially and applied to teaching contexts due to its immanent self-contradiction and attitudes of the Chinese public — its aimed recipients — towards embracing and using it formally. Key point lies in the fact that under today’s context of Anglo-hegemony, it is still native speakers who remain arbiters of the form of the English language spread and taught over the globe, essentially preventing Chinese ELF from being recognised
Aesthetics · Art · Contradiction · English as a lingua franca · Globe · Hegemony · Intercultural communication · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · World Englishes · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
The Phonology of English as an International Language (Oxford Applied Linguistics)
Repositioning English and multilingualism in English as a Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca English, Multilingual Communities, and Language Acquisition
New Chinglish and the Post-Multilingualism challenge
English as a Lingua Franca
Why China English should stand alongside British, American, and the other ‘world Englishes’
The statistics of English in China
Chinglish and China English
Language and intercultural communication in the workplace
Faithful imitator, legitimate speaker, playful creator and dialogical communicator
Closing A Conceptual Gap
Exploring teachers' ontologies of E nglish
Current Perspectives on Teaching World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca
Expanding Horizons and Unresolved Conundrums
Disinventing and (Re)Constituting Languages
Research Perspectives on Teaching English as a Lingua Franca
Accommodating (to) ELF in the international university
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |