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Pedagogically, the recognition of English as pluricentric...
Read the text 2 and answer questions 29 and 30
Text 2
The concept of World Englishes highlights the diversification of English into different and locally grounded varieties. Rather than being seen as mere deviations from a single “standard,” forms such as Indian English or Nigerian English show how English adapts to sociolinguistic contexts shaped by multilingualism and postcolonial histories. These localized varieties differ in vocabulary, pronunciation, pragmatics, and even grammar, yet remain systematic and rule-governed. Recognizing this reality questions the idea of a single, uniform English and reframes the language as having multiple centers of influence. For teaching, this means that instead of promoting only one model, English education should engage critically with linguistic diversity and with the social and cultural values attached to different varieties.
Source: Kachru, Braj B., Kachru, Yamuna, Nelson, Cecil L. The Handbook of World Englishes. Australia: Blackwell Publishin. 2006. (Adapted)
Pedagogically, the recognition of English as pluricentric entails that:
A
Teachers must standardize students' speech to align with either British or American norms in order to ensure global intelligibility.
B
Language teaching should expose learners to diverse varieties while fostering critical awareness of power relations among them.
C
The focus of instruction should shift toward teaching local vernaculars in place of international Englishes.
D
Varieties that diverge at the syntactic level cannot be considered systematic or valid for classroom purposes.
E
The ideological dimensions of English varieties are secondary to purely structural linguistic features in pedagogy.