Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Globalization and International Intelligibility -- Chapter 3. From Chaos to Order: Language Change, Lingua Francas and World Englishes -- Chapter 4. English as a Lingua Franca in the Global Context: Interconnectedness, Variation and Change -- Chapter 5. World Englishes, Globalization and the Politics of Conformity -- Chapter 6. EFL: From 'You Sound Like Dickens' to International English -- Chapter 7. Glocalization of English in World Englishes: An Emerging Variety among Persian Speakers of English -- Chapter 8. Local Networks in the Formation and Development of West African English -- Chapter 9. The English Language, Globalization and Latin America: Possible Lessons from the 'Outer Circle' -- Chapter 10. Rethinking Origins and Localization in Global Englishes -- Chapter 11. Final Reflections: Globalization and World Englishes -- Index