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Details for:
Kirkpatrick, Andy (2007). World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
events
Events:
49 events from this source recorded
1476
Caxton introduces the printing press to England
1586
Bullokar's 'Pamphlet for Grammar' published
1600
Queen Elizabeth grants monopoly of trade to India to group of traders
1604
Robert Cawdrey publishes 'A table Alphabeticall'
1659
Missionaries allowed to travel on East India Company ships
1674
Ray's 'Collection of English words' published
1712
Swift publishes 'Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'
1770
Cook lands at Botany Bay, Australia
1791
John Walker publishes 'Critical Pronouncing Dictionary'
1795
Lindley Murray's 'English Grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners' published
1795
Britain takes control of Cape Town
1816
English-medium school established in Penang
1823
English-medium school established in Singapore
1826
Straits Settlements' colony established
1826
English-medium school established in Malacca
1835
Macauley's Minute to Lord Bentinck
1842
Hong Kong ceded to Britain
1842
Treaty of Nanjing
1861
British colony founded in Lagos, Nigeria
1862
Central School established in Hong Kong
1894
Central School becomes Queens College and switches to English-medium
1898
The Philippines becomes an American colony
1901
English is made the medium of all schools in the Philippines
1910
The Union of South Africa established & English and Dutch made official languages
1912
English-medium University of Hong Kong established
1942
University of Ceylon established
1948
Sri Lanka becomes independent
1948
Start of Afrikanerisation of South Africa
1952
Mitchell becomes chairman of ABC
1953
Bantu Education Act
1959
Congress of Negro Writers and Artists calls for languages other than English as national languages in Africa
1963
Chinese University of Hong Kong established
1965
Singapore separates from Federation of Malaysia
1967
Malaysia drops English as an official language
1967
ASEAN established
1974
The Philippines introduces bilingual education policy
1974
Official Language Ordinace in Hong Kong
1978
Wilkes's "A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms"
1981
Delbridge et al's "The Macquire Dictionary"
1982
Kachru's "The Other Tongue"
1985
Brunei introduces bilingual education policy
1987
English officially recognized as "a link Language" in Sri Lanka
1989
The Australian National Dictionary, A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles
1993
English among 11 official languages in new South african constitution.
1995
English made a national language in Sri Lanka
1997
Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule
1998
McArthur's "The English Languages"
2002
McArthur's "Oxford Guide to World Englishes"
2003
Melcher & Shaw's "World Englishes"