In this section, you’ll find downloadable materials that provide learners with information about Global Englishes, which can be used as course content to help learners to gain a fuller understanding of GE aims and concepts, and to assess these concepts vs. the beliefs and viewpoints of native speakerism and standard language ideology. Our goal is to help students be well informed so that they can make decisions about their own learning, use, and ownership of Englishes.
The materials are organized based on approximate proficiency level.
High-Intermediate through Advanced Learners
Introduction to Global Englishes 1
Author(s): Akiko Doyama
Link to lesson plan: Doyama_A_Introduction to Global Englishes-1.docx
Overview: Part 1: Discussing role models of successful English users. Part 2: Discussing a video with GE users giving an acceptance speech, including what is involved in successful communication.
Introduction to Global Englishes 2
Author(s): Akiko Doyama
Link to lesson plan: Doyama_A_Introduction to Global Englishes-2.docx
Overview: Exposure to a variety of internationally known L2 speakers of Englishes, and introduction to facts about the rise and current state of English as a global language.
Title: Three Activities Introducing GE
Author(s): Hyeyoung Jung & Graham V. Crookes
Link to lesson plan: Jung_H & Crookes, GVC_3_activities_introducing_GE
Overview: This is a series of three lessons (which could potentially be taught individually, but work well as a set of three) that were taught in a high school in South Korea, where the curriculum was heavily influenced by standardized tests for university entrance. This provides an example of ways to inject GE into a classroom.
Step 1: Gallery Walk: Making a Poster on global social justice issues
Step 2. Readings on World Englishes and Native-speakerism
Step 3. Teaching My Classmates: Oral Presentations on GE
Intermediate Learners
Mid- to High-Beginner Learners
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