Unit 1 Lesson 1
Unit 1 Lesson 1
Braj Kachru (2003) represented the growth and spread of English in the world. He views
the world as being divided into different circles. The English Concentric Circles.
Writers and Speakers from these circles use English in different ways according to the
contexts where English language is employed. The World Englishes has brought peculiarities
that provide opportunities and challenges not only in English language teaching and learning but
also in the International communication.
Peculiarities that cause potential problems to ESL and EFL learners include the following: