Fan Fang is an Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, China. His research interests include Global Englishes, language attitudes, identity and intercultural communication. He has published various articles and chapters in the area of applied linguistics and education.Handoyo Puji Widodo has taught English in China, Indonesia and the USA. Widodo has published extensively in refereed journals and edited volumes. His areas of specialization include language teaching methodology, language curriculum and materials development, systemic functional linguistics (SFL) in language education, and teacher professional development. His work has been grounded in socio-semiotic, socio-cognitive, sociocultural, and critical theories of language pedagogies.

• Preface. Jennifer JenkinsChapter 1. Fan (Gabriel) Fang & Handoyo Puji Widodo:  Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes        Chapter 2. Ryuko Kubota: A Critical Examination of Common Beliefs about Language Teaching: From Research Insights to Professional EngagementChapter 3. Ting Zhang & Yongyan Zheng: English is the Default Language? – A Study of International Students’ Language Needs in the Chinese Higher Education ContextChapter 4. Ishamina Athirah Gardiner & David Deterding: Language selection and assessment in Brunei DarussalamChapter 5. James Dean Brown: Global Englishes and the International Standardized English Language Proficiency TestsChapter 6. Maria Luz Elena N. Canilao: Looking through the eyes of Global Englishes: Enhancing English language teaching in multicultural classroomsChapter 7. Jim Chan: Contextualising Teaching English as a Local/Global Language: A Bottom-up Sociolinguistic InvestigationChapter 8. James D’Angelo: From Learners to Users: Reframing a Japanese University Curriculum towards a “WE Enterprise” – Informed EMI Model                                                                 Chapter 9. Ali Fuad Selvi: Talking the Talk but not Walking the Walk? – Preparing Teachers for Global Englishes PedagogyChapter 10. Zhichang Xu: Practices of Teaching Englishes: Pedagogical Reflections and ImplicationsChapter 11. Yue Chen & Cong Zhang: Reform and Opportunities: China English in Chinese Higher EducationChapter 12. Handoyo Puji Widodo & Fan (Gabriel) Fang: GE-Oriented English Language Education

This collection provides well-argued critiques of the use of native speaker models and standards for English teaching. The authors, taking into account a wide range of contexts, propose the adoption of the concept of global English(es) (GE) and provide thoughtful suggestions of how principles of GE can inform the English language teaching practice.