This study explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyze how and why the language has become so dominant.
This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism – Robert Phillipson’s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major re-thinking of the English teaching profession by connecting the ...
In this book, Robert Phillipson considers whether the contemporary expansion of English represents a serious threat to other European languages.
The book discusses general principles and challenges in depth and presents case studies from Canada and the USA, northern Europe, Peru, Africa, India, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia.