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    World Englishes(2) : Chinese English and Globish

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    Powered by the Internet and the global media, English has now become the most importantcommunication tool for the international world. But it must be a kind of English which can be learned quickly and used very easily. More vivid and universal than ever, English is now used, in some form, by approximately 4 billion people on earth. As a mother tongue, only Chinese is more prevalent, with 1.8 billion native speakers - 350 million of whom also speak some kind of English. With a growing population of English learners and speakers in China, the development of Chinese English is noticeable. This paper gives explicit consideration to the rise of Chinese English and the birth of Globish
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