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This volume describes both the history and the contemporary forms, functions, and status of English in Southeast Asia. The chapters provide a comprehensive overview of current research on a wide range of topics, addressing the impact of English as a language of globalization and exploring new approaches to the spread of English in the region.
List of contents
- 1: Andrew J. Moody: Introduction: English in Southeast Asia
- Part I. Historical and contemporary English contact in Southeast Asia
- 2: Michael Percillier: The Outer and Expanding Circles in Southeast Asia
- 3: Samuli Kaislaniemi: The British East India Company in Southeast Asia
- 4: Lisa Lim: Pidgins and creoles in Southeast Asia
- 5: Michelle Li and Stephen Matthews: Chinese Pidgin English in Southeast Asia: Contexts of use and influence
- 6: Azirah Hashim, Alice Chik, Julius C. Martinez, James McLellan, Andrew J. Moody, and Vincent B. Y. Ooi: Variety shifting in Southeast Asia's Outer Circle
- 7: Subhan Zein: English ideologies in ASEAN: English language, language education policies, and English varieties
- 8: Andy Kirkpatrick: English as a lingua franca in Southeast Asia's Expanding Circle
- Part II. English languages of Southeast Asia
- 9: Salbrina Sharbawi and Zayani Sainal Abidin: English in Brunei
- 10: Chan Hum and Kimkong Heng: English in Cambodia
- 11: Kingsley Bolton and Andrew J. Moody: English in Hong Kong and Macau
- 12: Allan Frank Lauder and Bambang Kaswanti Purwo: English in Indonesia
- 13: Latsanyphone Soulignavong, Bouangeune Souvannasy, and Azirah Hashim: English in Laos
- 14: Azirah Hashim: English in Malaysia
- 15: Patrick McCormick: English in Myanmar
- 16: Ruanni Tupas: English in the Philippines
- 17: Lionel Wee: English in Singapore
- 18: Navaporn Snodin, Kristof Savski, and Banchakarn Sameephet: English in Thailand
- 19: John Macalister: English in Timor-Leste
- 20: Le Van Canh: English in Vietnam
- Part III. English-language literatures of Southeast Asia
- 21: Kelly Yin Nga Tse: English-language literature of Hong Kong
- 22: Kavitha Ganesan: English-language literature of Malaysia
- 23: Lily Rose Tope: English-language literature of the Philippines
- 24: Ann Ang and Angelia Mui-Cheng Poon: English-language literature of Singapore
- Part IV. English in Southeast Asian education and educational policy
- 25: Tae-Hee Choi, Thomas Clayton, Chan Hum, Pouvhanh Phommalangsy, and Thieu Thi Hoang Oanh: English language education and educational policy in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
- 26: Tae-Hee Choi and Andrew J. Moody: English language education and educational policy in Hong Kong and Macau
- 27: Subhan Zein: English language education and educational policy in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
- 28: Stefanie Pillai and James McLellan: English language education and educational policy in Malaysia and Brunei
- 29: Tan Bee Tin: English language education and educational policy in Myanmar
- 30: Julius C. Martinez and Isabel Pefianco Martin: English language education and educational policy in the Philippines
- 31: Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng and Rita Elaine Silver: English language education and educational policy in Singapore
- 32: Wisut Jarunthawatchai and Will Baker: English language education and educational policy in Thailand
- Part V. Functions of English in Southeast Asia
- 33: Richard Powell: The impact of English on law in Southeast Asia
- 34: Tej K. Bhatia and Mie Hiramoto: English in Southeast Asian advertising
- 35: Deyuan He and Mayyer Ling: English in business communication in Southeast Asia
- 36: Priscilla Angela T. Cruz and Jane Lockwood: English in the Southeast Asian business process outsourcing industry and call centres
- 37: Jamie Shinhee Lee: English in Outer Circle broadcast media and popular culture of Southeast Asia
- 38: Nelly Martin-Anatias: English in Expanding Circle popular cultures of Southeast Asia
- 39: Edgar W. Schneider: English in Southeast Asian tourism
- 40: Kittinata Rhekhalilit and Thom Huebner: English in Southeast Asian linguistic landscapes
- Part VI. Resources for researching Southeast Asian Englishes
- 41: Wang Lixun and Andy Kirkpatrick: Asian Corpus of English (ACE)
- 42: Supakorn Phoocharoensil: Southeast Asian components of the International Corpus of English (ICE)
- 43: Andrew J. Moody: Research bibliography of selected works related to Southeast Asian Englishes
About the author
Andrew J. Moody is Professor of English and Head of the English Department at the University of Macau. He holds degrees from the Universities of Louisville and Kansas, and has published extensively on English in popular culture and English in Macau. His books include Macau's Languages in Society and Education: Planning in a Multilingual Ecology (Springer, 2021) and he is the Editor of the CUP journal English Today.
Summary
This volume describes both the history and the contemporary forms, functions, and status of English in Southeast Asia. The chapters provide a comprehensive overview of current research on a wide range of topics, addressing the impact of English as a language of globalization and exploring new approaches to the spread of English in the region.
