What Englishes are used in the Gulf region? How do we adapt our teaching practices to the diverse and multicultural linguistic landscape of the UAE?

In this episode, our hosts speak to Dr. Sarah Hopkyns, former assistant professor of applied linguistics at Zayed University Abu Dhabi and current faculty at the University of St Andrews in the UK. Sarah is the author of the book The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identities in the United Arab Emirates and co editor of Linguistic Identities in the Arab Gulf States, Waves of Change. Based on her regional expertise, she discusses how the speakers in the multicultural, multinational UAE navigate its linguistic diversity.

English or Englishes? explores the perceptions, positions, influence and impact of the diverse Englishes in a postcolonial world. Join hosts Sweta Kumari, Aieshah Arif and Neelam Hanif in conversation with speakers, writers and experts of various Englishes on decolonising the language and learning.

This podcast is a product of the research project Perceptions and Positions of Postcolonial Englishes under the Writing, Languages and Pedagogy Research Kitchen at New York University Abu Dhabi. To learn more about the project, click here.