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Centre for Global Englishes

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We conduct and share research about how the English language is used around the world. In particular, we focus on different forms of English and its role as a common language. We enable collaboration and knowledge exchange with researchers and centres worldwide.

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Our main aims and focus are to:

  • create, support and share research on global English use, focusing on its different forms and its role as a common language for people from different language backgrounds
  • explore the effects of this research and develop new ideas of how English language and communication works
  • study, assess, support and shape the use of English in schools and universities, with a focus on making higher education more international
  • enable knowledge-sharing and collaboration with researchers and research centres around the world, and with anyone else interested in learning more about this field

News and events

Find out more about our activities on our news and events pages.

Our director

The director of the Centre for Global Englishes is Dr Will Baker.

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Dr Will Baker

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • English as a lingua franca and Global Englishes
  • Intercultural and Transcultural communication
  • English as a medium of instruction and education

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Will

Email: W.Baker@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9423

Dr Ying Wang

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Global Englishes
  • English as a lingua franca
  • language ideologies and identities

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ying

Email: ying.wang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3975

Dr Ying Zheng PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Psychometrics and test validation; Human scoring vs. machine scoring; Statistics in applied linguistics; Comparative Judgement in language testing
  • Mandarin exams in the UK school system, including A-Level and GCSE exams; Mandarin Chinese teachers’ professional development
  • Learner motivation and language teaching pedagogy; ESL/EFL learner characteristics and test performance

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ying

Email: Ying.Zheng@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7650

Miss Ziwei Zhou

Connect with Ziwei

Email: Ziwei.Zhou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7727492214

Miss Zixuan Liu

Connect with Zixuan

Email: Zixuan.Liu@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Will Baker
Director
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The use of English as a truly global lingua franca forces us to reconsider the links between languages, cultures, communities, nations and identities.
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Dr Sonia Moran Panero
Events organiser
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My research is in the sociolinguistics of language and globalisation, focused on symbolic, ideological and social aspects of the use, teaching and learning of English.
Professor Jennifer Jenkins
Founding director
Since retiring, I’ve been engaged in conceptual research aiming to increase ELF’s synergy with multilingualism, including a proposed name change to Multilingualism with English

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Contact us

We welcome your enquiries.
wmlb@soton.ac.uk