Globish Para El Mundo: Globish The World Over

by Jean-Paul Nerrière, David Hon, Languageway (Translator)

This version of Globish The World Over is abridged for readers who want to use their native tongue to learn about this Globish tool for international communication, but it also lets students who are learning English see the basic structures of Globish-English, line-by-line in Spanish. "I must congratulate you on GLOBISH THE WORLD OVER. It's a pioneering text of great importance, full of enthralling insights for native and non-native English users alike" -- Robert McCrum, author, The Story of English and Literary Editor, London Observer. Globish, as a concept, takes to task the world hegemony of arrogant English-speakers. Hence the landmark book Don't Speak English - Parlez Globish became a best-seller in French, and other languages, but it never appeared in English. GLOBISH THE WORLD OVER is the first book written in Globish-English. Non-native English speakers from non-Anglophone countries use English better between themselves than with any native English speaker. Globish codifies their very efficient "similar limitations". The word Globish may strike English-speakers as an "odd" way to rename their English. However billions of speakers in Brazil, Russia, India and China will be the new "owners" of what the world is now calling Globish. The implications are far-reaching. GLOBISH THE WORLD OVER discusses this phenomenon, and demonstrates that Globish - as a deliberate and sufficient subset of English for international communication - is limited more by a person's communication ability than by mere words.

164 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2009

Reviews

[Calvin Charge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Just Eugene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Simple way to study English. Speak, listen and write free with another people on English. Recommended this book for all!

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was tempted to give this book two stars, but because I think Globish is an admirable endeavor, I decided to give it three stars. However, although I was disappointed in this book, I admire its goal--to present English in a much simplified, but still very correct form to be used by non-native English language speakers to communicate globally. The first sections of the book were more of a sales pitch than explanation of methods or history. In fact, these first parts of the book seemed like filler much of the time. I'm glad that the 1,500 words of Globish were printed in the book, along with explanations of word order and tenses. On the subject of tenses though, honestly, do you really need to teach 12 tenses? This too could have been simplified.

Much of the first part of the book was also needlessly critical of native English speakers. Generally, anyone who has not been exposed to other cultures, foreigners, or foreign languages will not understand how to communicate effectively with foreign speakers of their language. This is not an English-speakers-only problem. People whose only exposure to foreign language is a few years of basic Spanish or French in high school do not understand that their speech is idiomatic and therefore difficult for non-native speakers to understand.

I lived in France for a year and was with a group of people from all over the world and our only common language was French. It is true that when a native French speaker came into our group we were much more reluctant to speak French. This shyness of one's accent or vocabulary is only natural and this book's implication that the presence of English speakers in hampering communication in a group of non-native English speakers only reflects human nature. Not every speaker of English is intolerant of foreigners. Some of us do understand the limitations that foreigners have in speaking our language and we will go out of our way to assist them in feeling comfortable in their communications.

[Harold King · Rating 4 out of 5]

First, excuse me my broken English... My native tongue is Hungarian. The "original" English, the "true"—can be beautiful but surely and beyond doubt it is too difficult to do perfectness for an unfortunate somebody who born in something foreign country which has not English as native language...
Consequently, I very like the "Globish" idea, actually I myself either speak something "kind of Globish", although surely with lot of mistakes, errors and not in correct grammar. And yes, it is much easy me to talking in English with somebody who has also not native English, than with somebody "English-born"... For example, I can almost fluently talking with Hindu, spanish, gujarati, german, chinese people here, in the United States. With "original" citizens... it is almost impossible. I do not even understand them even if they use something word which is well-known me in written. And "of course", they don't understand me either...
Yes, the book is very interesting, and it is about a very important theme!

[Jamie Dengerud · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for those people who work with a global team. Makes you think outside of the box for communicating to others and makes you realize the more words you know isn't always better, it's more about how you use the words you know. The speaker is responsible for the delivery of the message. Keep that in mind when you don't understand why the recipient doesn't understand, it is probably not their fault.