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Chinglish and China English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Jiang Yajun
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THE ARTICLE ‘Singlish’, in which Duncan Forbes describes the background and nature of the English spoken by Singapore Chinese students, interested me greatly, not only because I always read with great pleasure the reports and discussions on world Englishes, but also because I myself am a Chinese English teacher and teach English in China.

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 51 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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