Find out more about the Centre for Global Englishes.
Global Englishes is an ‘umbrella term’ for research covering the linguistic and sociocultural dimensions of global uses and users of English including the fields of World Englishes (WE), English as an international language (EIL), and English as a lingua franca (ELF).
Our main aims and focus are to:
create, support and share research on global Englishes use, and its role as a multilingua franca in intercultural and transcultural communication among people from different language backgrounds
explore the effects of this research and develop new ideas of how English language and communication works in multilingual and intercultural settings
study, assess, support and shape the use of English in schools and universities, with a focus on making English language education and education through English more equitable, just and inclusive
enable knowledge-sharing and collaboration with researchers and research centres around the world, and with anyone else interested in learning more about this field
