English as a Lingua Franca

English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Ian Mackenzie
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134503881
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 253

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching. Challenging and incisive, this book analyses positive and negative accounts of English as a lingua franca, and its linguistic features, within the context of: native and World Englishes multilingualism and intercultural communication sociolinguistic issues including accent and identity classroom teaching and learning English as a Lingua Franca is a useful guide for teachers and trainee teachers, and will be essential reading for advanced students and linguists concerned with multilingualism, language contact, language learning, language change, and the place of English in the world today.


Using English as a Lingua Franca in Education in Europe

Using English as a Lingua Franca in Education in Europe

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  • Author: Zoi Tatsioka
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 1501503111
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 269

This volume examines the role of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in education in Europe. Following the implementation of the Bologna process, English has assumed a central role in European education offering institutions the opportunity to cater to the needs of an internationalized student body and increase their competitiveness. On the other hand, the increased use of ELF has become an issue of concern, often perceived as a threat to other languages, tilting the scale towards linguistic inequality and stressing the urgent need for the development of new language policies. Both aspects of ELF are at the center of discussion in the proposed volume, which consists of a variety of papers examining ELF in different parts of Europe (Eastern, Central and Western) and different levels of education. The volume makes a substantial contribution to the lively and controversial debate about what is recognized as a central topical concern of language education policy in Europe and beyond.


English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education

English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education

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  • Author: Ute Smit
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
  • ISBN: 3110215519
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 477

With English-medium higher education burgeoning in Europe and elsewhere outside the English-speaking world, this book is the first to offer an ethnographically-embedded analysis of such classroom discourse by taking cognizance of English functioning as a lingua franca (ELF) in international student groups. By virtue of investigating one such educational programme in its entirety, the study also enlarges the present knowledge on ELF discourse as it offers novel insights into the interactional dynamics that shape and develop an educational community of practice.


Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca

Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Robin Walker
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0194658856
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289

English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is one manifestation of the changing role of English in the world today. This book and audio links explore how ELF may be relevant to teaching your students pronunciation. It draws on the Lingua Franca core, a set of pronunciation features that research has found to be essential to intelligibility in ELF communications, and explores how adopting an ELF approach can benefit students. It covers techniques and materials for teaching ELF pronunciation, including planning and assessment and the influence of learners' first language pronunciation. The audio links feature dialogues between ELF speakers from fifteen different first language backgrounds.


English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

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  • Author: Nicos C. Sifakis
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 178892178X
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

This book explores the interfaces of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pedagogy. It presents the theoretical aspects of ELF, discusses issues and challenges that ELF raises for the EFL classroom, and demonstrates how EFL practitioners can make use of ELF theorizing for classroom instruction, teacher education, developing language learning materials, policymaking and testing and assessment. Accounts of innovative and practical pedagogical practices and researchers’ insights from diverse geographical, cultural and institutional contexts will inform and inspire EFL practitioners to reconsider their practices and adopt new techniques in order to meet their learners’ diverse communicative needs in international contexts.


Teacher Education for English as a Lingua Franca

Teacher Education for English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Subhan Zein
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351397826
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 208

This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretical and practical aspects of teacher education for English as a lingua franca in Indonesia. Through a series of extended research-based and conceptual chapters written by experts in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) in and about Indonesia, this book offers an insight into Indonesia’s unique cultural, social and institutional contexts. The content focuses on four interrelated themes: the transition of perspective from English as a foreign language (EFL) to English as a lingua franca (ELF); the knowledge base of ELF pedagogy; teacher agency and identity in ELF; and innovations in teacher education for ELF. This book is highly relevant to English teachers, teacher educators and scholars worldwide aspiring to broaden their horizon and professionalism in the teaching of ELF.


International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Hugo Bowles
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1137398094
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 212

This collection brings new insight into the relationship between English as a lingua franca and language teaching. It explores how the pedagogy of intelligibility, culture and language awareness, as well as materials analysis and classroom management, can be viewed from an ELF perspective in school and university contexts.


International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap

International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap

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  • Author: Huertas-Abril, Cristina-Aránzazu
  • Publisher: IGI Global
  • ISBN: 1799812219
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 317

In the age of information, an essential priority in the context of international education is the development of language learning and its inconsistencies. The gap between language and education has intermittently grown through time, with mistaken assumptions about how linguistic shortcomings are being solved around the world. Research on comparative educational approaches to teaching verbiage and the foundation of future language development are instrumental in positively impacting the global narrative of dialectal education. International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of second language teaching as well as social developments regarding intercultural learning. While highlighting topics including curricular approaches, digital competence, and linguistic disparities, this book is ideally designed for language instructors, linguists, teachers, researchers, public administrators, cultural centers, policymakers, government officials, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on the latest advancements of multilingual education.


English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity

English as a Lingua Franca: Attitude and Identity

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  • Author: Jennifer Jenkins
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 300

From the perspective of the speakers themselves, this is the first book to explore attitudes towards ELF in general and ELF accents in particular, their effects on ELF speakers' identities, and ways in which the problems can be addressed in teacher education, English language testing, and ELT materials.


The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Jennifer Jenkins
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317509196
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 620

The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) provides an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the main theories, concepts, contexts and applications of this rapidly developing field of study. Including 47 state-of-the art chapters from leading international scholars, the handbook covers key concepts, regional spread, linguistic features and communication processes, domains and functions, ELF in academia, ELF and pedagogy and future trends. This handbook is key reading for all those engaged in the study and research of English as a lingua franca and world/global Englishes more broadly, within English language, applied linguistics, and education.