It is possible to observe a change in their recognition of world Englishes which occurs after taking classes if such a change is made. I also wanted 352 Hiroshi Yoshikawa ª Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005 to know the differences between WE students and other students in this matter, so students who do not major in world Englishes were added to the group of informants. As a result, the total number of informants reached 483 students, consisting of 261 WE students (92 of the 1st year, 93 of the 2nd year, and 76 of the 3rd year) and 222 other students (100 English majors and 122 non English majors). 2