ABSTRACT
This chapter has set to make aware that the English teaching will take place in the context of a complex and introduces the versions of English. The task one face in defining the position as a teacher of English is similar to that which has been faced by those responsible for defining and redefining a National Curriculum for English since the late 1980's. Brian Cox and his team, the first group to attempt this, pointed out: Throughout the work they were acutely aware of the differing opinions that are held on number of issues that lie at the heart of the English curriculum and its teaching. The chapter focuses on Language in the National Curriculum (LINC)'s functional model of language. A valuable attempt at achieving a coherent radical vision of English which nevertheless acknowledges the complexity of the arguments is found in West and Dickey's Redbridge High School English Department Handbook. Futures of English include regionalisation and globalisation.
