Ebook: The Amazing World of Englishes: A Practical Introduction

This textbook invites you on a trip around the globe, uncovering layer by layer the complex, yet intriguing facets of English spoken world-wide. The busy streets of London, the scorched vistas of Australia, the colourful and noisy landscapes of New Delhi – English can be heard everywhere. But what are the specific features of these Englishes? What cultural and sociolinguistic realities underlie their use? This textbook brings this exciting and ever-changing world of Englishes right to your door!

• covering varieties of English from five different continents and from the inner, outer and expanding circles
• featuring authentic examples from pop songs, recipes, newspapers, literary texts, interviews, academic texts, and movies
• offering extensive exercises for role play, self-study and homework, for testing grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, for discussion, composition and reading comprehension
• content has been thoroughly tested in the classroom
• a must-have for all students and teachers of English around the globe