Kachru's Circles

Kachru's Circles is a model used to describe the circumstances in which

• English is spoken
• English is spread
• people learn English
• circles expand

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

The Inner Circle is

• Norm-providing
• Norm-developing
• Norm-dependent
• Norm-al

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The Expanding Circle is

• Norm-providing
• Norm-developing
• Norm-dependent
• Norm-al

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The Outer Circle is

• Norm-providing
• Norm-developing
• Norm-dependent
• Norm-al

If we get along with people we want to 

• deviate: sound alike
• accommodate: sound alike
• deviate: sound different
• accommodate: sound different

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The following definition matches with which term?
A common language used over local languages in order to allow communication between groups who speak different languages.

• Standard English
• Non-Standard English
• Lingua Franca
• Linguine Fra Diavolo

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Standard English is a dialect of English considered to be

• better and normal
• correct and better
• normal and formal
• correct and normal

Native English speakers fall into the ______________ Circle

• Inner
• Outer
• Expanding
• Collapsing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Those who speak English as a Second Language fit in the ______________ Circle

• Inner
• Outer
• Expanding
• Collapsing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The _______________ Circle is where English is considered a foreign language.

• Inner
• Outer
• Expanding
• Collapsing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7