Diversity Management and Metaphors in English as a Multicultural Language (An Analysis of Everyday Language in Asia Contexts).

Abstract

As result of the spread of English to many parts of the world Engslish can be grouped into three circles : as a native language, as a second language, and as an international language. English in Asian countries has been diffused and adapted into local cultures, called Singlish (Singapore), Manglish (Malaysia), Chinglish (China). Thus, English can be a common language on a multinational basis only when its cultural diversity is accepted. In other words, a common language has to be a multicultural language. As English is a multicultural language, then, the issue of diversity management is imperative to be taken into account through intercultural awareness. To understand English as a multicultural language in Asian countries, Intercultural Literacy should be improved by studying metaphors of everyday language. Keywords : English, international language, multicultural, literacy, metaphor