WORLD ENGLISHES AND LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM: IMPLICATIONS IN ELT

This paper is a state of art on the spread of English language around the world resulting in different varieties known as World Englishes (WE) with the review of its origins and states of change until the neo-colonial era. When considering the growth of English, the imperial power of some countries having English as an imperial language is considered influential (Pennycook, 2007). Also, a number of models for the varieties of English, the most significant of which is Kachruʹs, are discussed in this paper. The last part of the paper reviews the implications of WEs in ELT.