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Emergence of Englishes and the Issues of Teaching English Pronunciation to Indian Learners

Dr. Narendra Ranjan Malas, M.A., Ph.D.

Abstract

The focus of this paper is the emergence of various versions of the English language and the issues and challenges faced by the non-native learners of English in the English language teaching-learning context. These Englishes have been developed by non-native speakers/users of the language and they are identifiable by their distinctive linguistic features. The problem for teachers and learners of English as a second language is which version of the language they should deal with in the classroom. The differences among these Englishes are more in speech, especially in pronunciation, than in any other levels of linguistic representations. This study also examines the problems of teaching – learning of English in India where the situation is more complex because in the multilingual setting in India English language has developed several regional varieties. The differences at the phonological level have been studied with examples from some varieties of English. Finally, this paper argues that the pedagogical framework of teaching English in the non-native context should be restructured so that it can accommodate variations of vowels and consonant sounds of different versions of English.It would enable the learner of a particular regional variety of the English language to recognize the existence of other varieties of the same language.

Keywords: Englishes, non-native, pronunciation, teaching-learning

The main objective of this paper is to focus on the issue of emergence of varieties of Englishes variously termed as Postcolonial Englishes (Schneider, 2007), World Englishes (Braj Kachru,1976) , etc. and the challenges faced by the non-native learners of English in the English language teaching-learning context. In last few decades or so in many parts of the world, English has diversified and grown various versions with regional identities. The global spread of English ascertains that all these Englishes around the world are valid and each of them can be recognized by its use of sounds, vocabulary and grammar. The English used in Great Britain and in the United States are two dominating varieties of the language and have been studied elaborately. Recent studies of the English language include new Englishes and all other varieties of English outside Britain and America. The concept of a standard model of the English language is challenged by the emergence of African English, Australian English, Caribbean English, Indian English, Singapore English and so on and they contribute to “the linguistic mosaic which the speakers of the English language have created in the English-speaking world” (Kachru,1976, p. 236). In Jamaica English serves the Jamaican ways of life, in India it is used to express Indian ways of life, in Nigeria it is used to meet the needs of Nigerians. The Englishes used in these countries have developed home-grown forms and all these varieties of English can be identifiable by their distinctive linguistic features. The local and indigenous population of different parts of the world “have adopted and appropriated the English language for themselves, thus contributing to its diversification and the emergence of new varieties” (Schneider,2007, p. 2).

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