Second Language Acquisition and world Englishes: Dialogue and engagement

Abstract

AbstractIn spite of the explosive growth in the global use of English, the subfields of Second Language Acquisition and world Englishes have failed to establish a synergistic relationship that can propel both areas of research forward well into the 21st century. In this pedagogically‐oriented article, we survey how previously established barriers between these vibrant disciplines have begun to erode, and illustrate how increased dialogue between both streams can address real world problems through a contemporary reconceptualization of person, place, process, and multilingualism and modality.