Author Description

Introduction / Janet Maybin And Joan Swann -- Describing English / Caroline Coffin And Kieran O'halloran -- Texts And Practices / Ann Hewings And Sarah North -- From Variation To Hybridity / Rajend Mesthrie And Joan Swann -- English And Globalization / Alastair Pennycook -- English And Creativity / Rob Pope -- 'hearts And Minds': Persuasive Language In Ancient And Modern Public Debate / Guy Cook -- Computer-mediated English / Brenda Danet -- English Language Teaching In The Outer And Expanding Circles / Suresh Canagarajah And Selim Ben Said -- English At School In England / Richard Andrews -- Institutional Discourse / Celia Roberts -- Using English In The Legal Process / Diana Eades -- Language, Gender And Sexuality / Deborah Cameron -- Perspectives On Children Learning English: From Structures To Practices / Barbara Mayor -- Academic Literacies: New Directions In Theory And Practice / Brian Street -- Spelling As A Social Practice / Mark Sebba -- Multilingual Discourses On Wheels And Public English In Africa: A Case For 'vague Linguistique' / Sinfree Makoni And Busi Makoni -- Domesticating The Other: English And Translation / Susan Bassnett. Edited By Janet Maybin And Joan Swann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.