One World, one language: readings
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David Newbold, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Since there is a lot of overlapping in the treatment of themes, it is not recommended that students buy more than one of the texts. The text which most closely mirrors the contents of the course and can therefore be considered to be the 'coursebook' is Crystal English as a Global Language. However, a comprehensive and attractive presentation of virtually all the main themes related to the language is The Cambridge Encyclopedia of English (again, by Crystal).
Aitchison, Jean, 2007 The Word Weavers, C.U.P., Cambridge
Crystal, David, 2003 English as a Global Language (2nd edition), C.U.P., Cambridge
Crystal, David, 2004 The Stories of English, Penguin, London
Crystal, David, 2004 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of English (2nd edition), C.U.P., Cambridge
Jenkins, Jennifer, 2003 World Englishes: a resource book for students, Routledge, Abingdon
Schneider, Edgar W., 2007 Postcolonial English, C.U.P., Cambridge
Singh, Ishtla and Stillwell Peccei, Jean (eds), 2004, Language, Society and Power (2nd edition), Routledge, Abingdon
Aitchison, Jean, 2007 The Word Weavers, C.U.P., Cambridge Crystal, David, 2003 English as a Global Language (2nd edition), C.U.P., Cambridge Crystal, David, 2004 The Stories of English, Penguin, London Crystal, David, 2004 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of English (2nd edition), C.U.P., Cambridge Jenkins, Jennifer, 2003 World Englishes: a resource book for students, Routledge, Abingdon Schneider, Edgar W., 2007 Postcolonial English, C.U.P., Cambridge Singh, Ishtla and Stillwell Peccei, Jean (eds), 2004, Language, Society and Power (2nd edition), Routledge, Abingdon 
