Collins Memorial Library: ENGL 372: Global English: Books & Media

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Global English Examples: Novels and Anthologies

City Voices by Xu Xi (Editor); Mike Ingham (Editor)
Call Number: Click on the title above for online access
ISBN: 1282705768
Publication Date: 2003
City Voices is the first showcase of postwar Hong Kong literature originating in English. Fiction, poetry, essays and memoirs from more than 70 authors are featured to demonstrate 'the rich variety and vitality of the city's literary production'.
A Many Splendored Thing by Han Suyin
Call Number: CT1828.H3 A33 Print Books
ISBN: 9780451011831
Publication Date: 1952
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Call Number: PR9499.3.R59 M56 2017 Print books
ISBN: 9781524733155
Publication Date: 2017
A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent--from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Call Number: PR9499.3.R59 G63 1997 Print books
ISBN: 0679457313
Publication Date: 1997
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale.
When I Was a Photographer by Felix Nadar; Eduardo Cadava (Translator); Liana Theodoratou (Translator)
ISBN: 0262029456
Publication Date: 2015-11-06
The first complete English translation of Nadar's intelligent and witty memoir, a series of vignettes that capture his experiences in the early days of photography.

Books on Bilingual Education and Policy

Bilingual Education
Call Number: Click above link for ebook.
ISBN: 9781282708693
Publication Date: 2009
Questions regarding whether a first or a second/foreign language should be used as a medium of instruction (MOI) in schools, and if yes, for whom, and when, have been enthusiastically debated in recent years in Hong Kong and many Southeast Asian societies
Immersion Education by Diane J. Tedick (Editor); Donna Christian (Editor); Tara Williams Fortune (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847694034
Publication Date: 2011
This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick's 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and indigenous programs.
The Struggle for a Multilingual Future by Christina P. Davis
ISBN: 9780190947484
Publication Date: 2020
In The Struggle for a Multilingual Future, Christina Davis examines the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth.

Reading a Call Number

Collins Library uses the Library of Congress classification scheme to organize books on the shelves. Follow these tips to find the book you need.

Example:

Start with the top line. It is in alphabetical order. Ex. DC
The second line is a whole number. Ex. 731
The third line is a combination of a letter and numbers. Read the letter alphabetically. Read the number as a decimal, eg. Y.23, Y.34, Y.344, Y.4, etc. Ex. .W5513 (*Some call numbers have more than one combination letter-number line.)
The last line is the year the book was published. Read in chronological order. Ex. 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, etc. Ex. 1997

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