ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the use of surveys and questionnaires in World Englishes (WE) research. It highlights the use of surveys and questionnaires as methodological tools for participant elicitation in the specific research areas of WE within which they have been employed. The chapter provides the background to the methodology, its strengths, weaknesses, and application and describes a glimpse of how the field has developed over the last 35 years. Researchers on WE have also made use of questionnaires to get participants’ responses on their use of Englishes in their everyday lives, and specific domains, and what they believe the use of English represents to them. In fact, as WE develop and mature, one can expect to see researchers looking at it from different disciplinary angles. Only a large sample size allows the researcher to subject the data to statistical analyses that can then be generalised to the population with some level of confidence.
