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This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive and, at the same time, in-depth examination of the spread of English and English language education across Greater China. It consists of two parts. Part 1 presents rich sociolinguistic data for easy comparisons between mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, while Part 2 explores in depth the phenomena inside mainland China to provide contrastive analysis of English language use and education in economically booming areas such as Shanghai and Guangdong and underdeveloped regions like Xinjiang and Yunnan. With the descriptive, comparative and analytical accounts of different territories ranging from nation-states to small villages in remote areas, theories on the spread of English, second/third language acquisition and identity are challenged with new concepts proposed and established.

Bilingualism. --- English language -- Social aspects -- China. --- English language -- Study and teaching -- China. --- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. --- Language acquisition. --- English language --- Bilingualism --- Language acquisition --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Languages in contact --- Multilingualism --- Germanic languages --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers --- Social aspects --- Acquisition --- China. --- ELF. --- English. --- language education.