Globalization and Multicultural Communication

Abstract

Communication is one of the keywords of the global age. The ever-increasing use of English as a World language has clearly meant that British RP and American Standard English (GA) are no longer seen as the models that learners aspire to. With the global spread of English, three major related questions come to our mind: (a) diversity and multicultural identity, (b) mutually intelligible international communication, and lastly (c) the pedagogical issue of an educational target for global communication. After a critical examination of the impact of globalization on the educational patterns in general and English language teaching in particular, this paper focuses on the intercultural communication in the global context, and examines the three much-debated major related issues of `comprehensibility', `intelligibility' and `interpretability' from the perspectives of linguistics and social psychology. Quantitative acoustic data from the Expanding Circle (Japanese English), the Outer Circle (Indian English, Malaysian English, Singapore English, Brunei English, Nigerian English, etc.), and the Inner Circle (British English, Scottish English and American English) will be presented. In conclusion, a pragmatic model that is informed by the multi-dimensional view of intelligibility and, more importantly, multicultural interpretability will be discussed in order to address the third major concern of language standardization for global communication.

Review of Saxena & Omoniyi (2010): Contending with Globalization in World Englishes

“…But there is little substantial, solidly presented or analysed material elsewhere. In Chapter 2, Nihalani presents plots for measurements of vowels in Singapore and Japanese English, but these plots have already been presented elsewhere, and indeed the whole chapter is almost a verbatim copy of Nihalani (2008). In Chapter 3, Chew provides an interesting overview of the occurrence of various languages and dialects in Fujian Province, but it is not entirely clear how this is relevant for the globalization of English.…”

Characteristics of English Teachers when Training Global Multi Cultural Students (Sinop Sample)

“…It can be better to find suitable model. This situation was explained comprehensively in Nihalani's (2008) research abstract: Communication is one of the keywords of the global age. The ever-increasing use of English as a World language has clearly meant that British RP and American Standard English (GA) are no longer seen as the models that learners aspire to.…”

Pendampingan Kewirausahaan Berbasis Digital Dan Penggunaan Bahasa Inggris Untuk Pelaku Usaha Pemula

“…Tidak diragukan lagi bahwa bahasa ICT adalah bahasa Inggris. Bahasa Inggris adalah bahasa yang paling banyak digunakan di internet [17].…”