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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.

Part of Modern languages and linguistics

About

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 Adriana Patino

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Sociolinguistic ethnography
  • Language socialisation
  • Narrative inquiry

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Adriana

Email: A.Patino@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2208

ORCID

Ms Alison Dickens

Dir. of Enterprise & Short Course
Connect with Alison

Email: A.M.Dickens@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7785

Ms Amna Smith

Research interests

  • ESOL
  • ELT
  • Language learning
Connect with Amna

Email: A.B.C.Smith@soton.ac.uk

ORCID

Professor Clare Mar-Molinero

Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics

Research interests

  • Spanish sociolinguistics (global Spanish, Spain, Mexico, US Latinx)
  • Language policy, ideologies and practices
  • Language and migration

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Clare

Email: F.C.Mar-Molinero@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3298

Ms Dina Alnefaie

Connect with Dina

Email: daa1u19@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Jennifer Jenkins

Connect with Jennifer

Email: J.Jenkins@soton.ac.uk

Dr Karin Zotzmann

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Critical Realism
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Language learning and teaching

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Karin

Email: K.Zotzmann@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3976

Mrs Marta Bas-Szymaszek PhD

Part Time Lecturer
Connect with Marta

Email: M.Bas-Szymaszek@soton.ac.uk

Miss Mary Page

Senior Teaching Fellow
Connect with Mary

Email: M.W.Page@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8919

Dr Michael Kranert PhD (UCL), QTS, Staatsexamen, SFHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Political Discourse
  • Comparative Political Discourse Analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Michael

Email: M.Kranert@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8857

ORCID
Cutout head and shoulders of Dr Will Baker
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.
Cutout head and shoulders of Dr Sonia Moran Panero
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
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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