活動手冊 - 開南大學

emoved native speakers from the equation, with more and more trans-national
communication using English occurring between those who speak it as a second
language. This has given rise to the concept of an international English, independent
and outside the control of any one national or ethnic grouping.
In a world under transformation by globalization, English will increasingly become
used as a medium of communication. In a language under transformation by
globalization, the nature of English will become increasingly defined through a dynamic
tension between an ever proliferating variety of localized forms, and the interaction of
these localized forms in the transnational arena. Normative standards, while certainly
still existing and highly relevant in some contexts, will become increasingly difficult to
impose across national boundaries, and the ability to utilize English to communicate
with others who adhere to different localized standards will become increasingly
valuable.
This is the world in which both teachers and students in Taiwan exist and the
reality to which we must adapt ourselves. Learners will potentially have to adapt to
different localized standards of English dependent of their future career and general life
paths. They will also have to interact with speakers of different forms of English in a
transnational environment in which no single standard exists, and learn an approach to
language and communication which will allow them to compensate for this. As teachers
we must seek to adapt our educational styles to the challenges of this new global/local
English.
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