WHAT STANDARD WRITTEN NORMS OF ENGLISH DO IN THE CURRENT U.S. COMPOSITION CLASSROOM? Cover Image

WHAT STANDARD WRITTEN NORMS OF ENGLISH DO IN THE CURRENT U.S. COMPOSITION CLASSROOM?
WHAT STANDARD WRITTEN NORMS OF ENGLISH DO IN THE CURRENT U.S. COMPOSITION CLASSROOM?

Author(s): Vladimira Duka
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Evaluation research, Globalization
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: Globalization; Standard Written English, Composition classroom; native; non-native English speakers;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the ways in which our conception of Standard Written English can be challenged due to the increasing influx of non-native English speakers, and the effects of globalization on Composition studies. My main line of inquiry will be how the field of Rhetoric and Composition has responded, or eventually can respond to the following research problem: How should participants in college Composition classes handle the tension between the narrow and stable conception of Standard Written English, and the increasing global diversification of the English language? Cameron argues that the global spread of English has had a two-fold impact: It promoted English language teaching globally, and influenced what is perceived as the ideal way of communicating in one’s native language (67).

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 45-57
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English