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On being heard: English, voice, and linguistic authority
Indonesian Journal of Applied LinguisticsThis position paper explores the relationship between voice and different ways of understanding English. By emphasizing that English is dispersed, local, and variable, the World Englishes and English as a lingua franca (ELF) frameworks suggest that ...
Alastair Pennycook
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When the textbook is not enough: How to shape an ELF classroom? [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter is devised for English language teaching (ELT) practitioners to reflect on how language and culture are portrayed in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, and explore how an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) approach can be further ...
Guerra, Luis
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English as "Lingua Franca" and the Internationalization of Academe [PDF]
International Higher Education, 2015 English has become the major language of scientific communication, and to a lesser extent, teaching worldwide. Using data from a international study of the academic profession, this article discusses some of the themes, positive and negative, of the role of "global English.
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with Ching‐Kwan Lee's (2025) idea that the post‐1997 Hong Kong protests represent a series of decolonization efforts, stemming from British colonial rule and now from the Chinese ‘neo‐colonial’ regime. Instead of focusing on Hong Kong natives, however, this article presents mainland Chinese immigrants (MCIs) who live in ...
Yao‐Tai Li
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English as a Lingua Franca in Portugal: What students want, what teachers teach [PDF]
, 2012 This study seeks to show how Portuguese students and teachers view learning and using English today and how their attitudes can influence or be influenced by ELT policies and practices. It made use of two semi-structured questionnaires, one for students (
Guerra, Luis
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Lexical innovation: cromulently embiggening a language [PDF]
, 2014 In this article I look at the main ways of making new English words, and at the different types of neologisms this produces; consider various categories of people who coin them, including famous authors and television scriptwriters as well as anonymous ...
MacKenzie, Ian
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Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
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English as a Lingua Franca in a Multilingual India
Journal of Language and Education, 2019 In this opinion article, we highlight that the cultural policy of language in India has resulted in an impasse in regard to determining and deciding upon a national language policy.
Ishwarya N. Iyer, Sridhar Ramachandran
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English as lingua franca of Chinese universities [PDF]
, 2016 Статья посвящена анализу процессов интернационализации образования в КНР , неразрывно связанных со стремлением к поддержанию и развитию конкурентоспособной экономики страны.
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Ethnographers observe and engage the field. They live with, play with, eat with, dance with, feel with, and, increasingly, write or film with their interlocutors. But most of all, they listen and converse. As they enter the lingual ecology of their hosts through a range of practices of communication, ethnographers begin a multi‐faceted journey
Borut Telban, Ute Eickelkamp
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