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Centre for Global Englishes

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We conduct and share research on global English usage and users, focusing on Global Englishes and on English as a Lingua Franca in particular. Our centre fosters collaboration and knowledge exchange with researchers and centres worldwide.

Part of Modern languages and linguistics

About

The main aims and focus of CGE are to:

  • produce, support and disseminate research on the linguistic and sociocultural dimensions of global uses, usages and users of English (i.e. Global Englishes), and on English as a Lingua Franca in particular
  • explore the implications of such research and develop new conceptualisations of (English) language and communication
  • investigate, evaluate, promote, and influence conceptions and applications of English in academic settings, including a strong focus on internationalisation in Higher Education
  • provide a forum for knowledge-sharing and collaboration with other interested researchers and research centres around the world, as well as with those not directly involved in researching the field, but interested in learning more about it

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

Emeritus Professor Rosamond Mitchell FAcSS

Research interests

  • Second language acquisition
  • Language in education
  • Student mobility and study abroad

Dr Rugang Lu

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Multimodal discourse analysis
  • Semiological approach to culture studies
  • Intercultural communication and language teaching

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.lu@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Simin Sasani

Teaching Fell in Applied Linguistics/ELT

Research interests

  • Intercultural Communicative Competence in ELT
  • Sociolinguistics of English as a global language
  • Intercultural pragmatics in the global Englishes context

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.sasani@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

ORCID

Dr Sonia Moran Panero

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • English as a global lingua franca (ELF)
  • Sociolinguistics, identity and semiotics in an era of globalisation
  • Translanguaging and transcultural communication

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.moran-panero@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

ORCID

Mr Steve McVeagh

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

Email: w.baker@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

ORCID

Dr Ying Wang

Lecturer B

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: ying.wang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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

Email: ying.zheng@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Google Scholar
ORCID

Miss Ziwei Zhou

Email: ziwei.zhou@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Miss Zixuan Liu

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