Abstract

The paper has reviewed the research of China English. It has revealed the origin and controversy about China English and then it reviewed the majority of research about China English to present the development of it. After that, the paper presented the definition and the research gap it faces. Through the research review, it is found that the micro studies about the features of China English still need to be explored in the future.

Highlights

  • Background of the StudyEnglish, as the world lingua franca, is playing an increasingly important role in international communication. Crystal (2001) noted that two thirds of prints are published in English, 90% scientific articles are written in this language and it enjoys the right of priority in the language choice of international agreement and contracts

  • Scholars regarded the language phenomenon with Chinese characteristics as the language errors. When it comes to the 1990s, more and more scholars realized that China English is a member of World English (Han, 2007)

  • As accepted by many scholars, China English can be defined as English used by Chinese with the center of Standard English and with Chinese characteristics in China (Rong, 1991; Hu, 2008)

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Background of the Study

As the world lingua franca, is playing an increasingly important role in international communication. Crystal (2001) noted that two thirds of prints are published in English, 90% scientific articles are written in this language and it enjoys the right of priority in the language choice of international agreement and contracts. As the world lingua franca, is playing an increasingly important role in international communication. Crystal (2001) noted that two thirds of prints are published in English, 90% scientific articles are written in this language and it enjoys the right of priority in the language choice of international agreement and contracts. In China, people learn English as a second language and how to learn it well and how to use it have interested both language learners and teachers. We learned English by imitating Standard English, and we tried our best to learn British or American varieties of English. Language is changing all the time, which keeps changing with the development of the society. English has changed a lot with the time going on

Origin of China English
Controversy about China English
Definition of China English
Previous Research on China English
Research Prospect on China English
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