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ENGLISH AND ‘ENGLISHES’: THE EXPANDING TEFL/TESL MARKET
Author(s) -
WILLMOTT MICHAEL B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1982.tb00492.x
Subject(s) - linguistics , sentence , world englishes , position (finance) , english language , philosophy , business , finance
Why is English the most obviously viable candidate as a world language? Or is it? Does this opening sentence beg the question of the real position of English in the world today? What are the criteria by which one might state that English is the language of international communication, and is likely to become more rather than less important in that role?