Englishes in Asia: Communication, Identity, Power and Education.

identity, power and education The papers in this volume represent a selection of the papers given at the 5th English in South East Asia conference, held at Curtin University of Technology, Perth 6-8 December 2000. This collection of 19 papers by key researchers in the field explore various aspects of the development of regional varieties of English including the roles that they play in local and regional communities and how they co-exist with other varieties of English and other languages. Specific questions addressed by the papers here include: ■ Is English developing at the expense of regional languages? ■ How do regional varieties of English reflect regional cultures? ■ How do the languages of the region and the various Englishes influence each other? ■ What are the classroom implications of regional varieties of English? P R I C E $42.90 Edited by: Andy Kirkpatrick Published by: Language Australia, 2002 ISBN: 1 876768 47 9