English in the world

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up one day in a completely different place? Which place would you choose? Is that place different but close or is it exotic and faraway? Is English somehow around you there?

Since the early times when English was only spoken in a tiny piece of land in the British Isles, to the present panorama where English has become an international language and a lingua franca for many communities around the world, no doubt the place you have chosen can be connected to English in one way or another:

Is English a native language there?

Is it a second language?

Is it a lingua franca?

0r has it developed into any of the many pidgins and creoles that there exist?

This webquest will lead you through a series of websites that explore the rich landscape of varieties of English. By the end of this quest your team will be able to tell the rest of the class about the variety of English spoken in the place you have chosen.