... varieties of Standard English affect the teaching and learning of English in many countries. In Inner Circle countries such as the US, the 'English Only' movement, which insisted that America had only 'room for one language' aimed to 'subtract rather than add a language' (Jenkins 105), forcing L2 English learners to either 'sink or swim'. This was detrimental ... ). One of the criticisms of international English tests, which assess students based on L1 English standards, is that many native speaker norms 'do not reflect the norms of non-native speaker varieties i...

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