Current Perspectives on Pedagogy for English as a Lingua Franca

Current Perspectives on Pedagogy for English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Yasemin Bayyurt
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 3110335964
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 270

The aim of this edited volume is to examine how current theories and principles underlying English as a Lingua Franca studies contribute to research on present pedagogical practices in ELF contexts. The book provides useful insights into pedagogical practices in different ELF settings and knowledge on the pedagogy-policy relationship in terms 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.


English as an International Language

English as an International Language

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  • Author: Farzad Sharifian
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847698603
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

The rapid global spread of the English language has serious linguistic, ideological, socio-cultural, political, and pedagogical implications as it creates both positive interactions and negative tensions between global and local forces. Accordingly, debate about issues such as the native/non-native divide, the politics of an international language, communication in a Lingua Franca, the choice of a model for ELT, and the link between English and identity(ies) has stimulated scholarly inquiry in an unprecedented way. The chapters in this volume revisit, challenge, and expand upon established arguments and positions regarding the politics, policies, pedagogies, and practices of English as an international language, as well as its sociolinguistic and socio-psychological complexities.


New Frontiers in Teaching and Learning English

New Frontiers in Teaching and Learning English

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  • Author: Paola Vettorel
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443879185
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 290

The contributions to this volume explore several focal issues related to the global spread of English and their implications for English language teaching, providing both theoretical and empirical perspectives on recent research and implications in educational terms. The volume is divided into three thematic sections, namely "Developments in ELF research and pedagogic implications", "Raising teachers' awareness of ELF", and "ELF and ELT practices". The book provides up-to-date perspectives on the issues, implications and repercussions that findings in ELF research can have for ELT practices. The contributors are all scholars and researchers who have long been engaged in ELF-related research, and who have undertaken operational and practical work in the field, and, as such, offer novel perspectives on the effects of EFL research on the teaching and learning of English. The volume also presents the findings of innovative projects in teacher education, involving pre- and in-service teachers, providing exemplificative good practices of possible new routes into pluralistic, ELF-aware and ELF-oriented didactic perspectives.


English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective

English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective

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  • Author: Kumiko Murata
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351184318
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This is in line with the increased introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions in many parts of the world to further promote both students’ and faculty’s mobility to make them competitive and employable in the globalised world, and to make their institutions more attractive and reputable. EMI and ELF, however, are rarely explicitly investigated together despite the fact that the spread of EMI cannot be separated from that of ELF. This volume tackles the issue head on by focusing on EMI in higher education from an ELF perspective. The volume includes contributions by Asian, European, Middle Eastern, South American and Anglo-American scholars. It discusses language policies, attitudes and identities, analyses of classroom EMI practices, case studies and finally, pedagogical implications from an ELF perspective, incorporating also theoretical and empirical issues in conducting EMI courses/programmes. The volume will be of great interest and use, not only to those who are conducting research on ELF, EMI, CLIL, language policy and related fields, but also to classroom teachers and policy makers who are conducting and/or planning to start EMI courses/programmes in their institutions or countries all over the world.


The Pedagogy of English as an International Language

The Pedagogy of English as an International Language

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  • Author: Roby Marlina
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319061275
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 265

This volume offers insights in current theoretical discussions, observations, and reflections from internationally and regionally celebrated scholars on the theory and practice of teaching English informed by a new school of thought, English as an International Language (EIL). This volume provides readers (scholars, teachers, teacher-educators, researchers in the relevant fields) with: Knowledge of the changing paradigm and attitudes towards English language teaching from teaching a single variety of English to teaching intercultural communication and English language variation. Current thoughts on the theory of teaching English as an international language by internationally-celebrated established scholars and emergent scholars. Scholarly descriptions and discussions of how English language educators and teacher-educators translate the paradigm of English as an International Language into their existing teaching. Delineation of how this newly emerged paradigm is received or responded to by English language educators and students when it is implemented. Readers have a unique opportunity to observe and read the tensions and dilemmas that educators and students are likely to experience in teaching and learning EIL.


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: 1501502972
  • 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 Teacher Education

English as a Lingua Franca in Teacher Education

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  • Author: Telma Gimenez
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 1501503855
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

A lingua franca perspective into English language teaching in Brazil has only recently take flight. As an emerging economy, the country faces enormous challenges when it comes to language education in schools, where English has traditionally been taught as a foreign language. This collection brings the perspectives of academics and language practitioners in their efforts to incorporate an ELF approach into teacher education, thus offering a voice sorely missed in the international community interested in developing new approaches to English in a global world.


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.


English as a Lingua Franca: Perspectives and Prospects

English as a Lingua Franca: Perspectives and Prospects

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  • Author: Marie-Luise Pitzl
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 1501502999
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 316

This edited volume addresses perspectives and prospects of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in connection with other areas of linguistics. It is the first volume that brings together ELF scholars and experts from a wide range of areas in linguistics (such as corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, language pedagogy, language policy, intercultural communication) in order to explore how ELF relates to these fields.