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Lower Income Marriage Migrants and Domains of Integration in Singapore

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 85-94, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the domains of integration, this paper illuminates the integration experiences of female marriage migrants from lower income cross‐national families in Singapore. Through interviews with 38 cross‐national families of the Singaporean‐husband and foreign‐wife pairing, we show how the integration of lower income marriage migrants in ...
Bernice Loh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

English as a lingua franca in higher education

open access: yesIbérica, 2011
The last decade has brought a number of changes for higher education in continental Europe and elsewhere, a major one being the increasing use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as the medium of instruction.
Beyza Björkman
doaj  

(Im)Mobile Academics Working at Centres of Excellence: Their Contrasting Experiences of Local and International Research Collaborations

open access: yesHigher Education Quarterly, Volume 79, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT This study explores how mobile and immobile academics enact research collaborations in Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Modelled on Big Sciences and underpinned by human capital assumptions, CoEs aim to foster both local and international collaborations, driven by academic mobilities.
Lautaro Vilches
wiley   +1 more source

When the textbook is not enough: How to shape an ELF classroom? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core  

The Effect of Using English on The Erosion of Indonesian as A Lingua Franca [PDF]

open access: yes
This research aims to determine the influence of the use of English as a language of daily communication on the erosion of Indonesian as a lingua franca, by considering various sociolinguistic and cultural factors.
Abyan, Muhammad Rafiq   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

More than just non-professional translators: The public perception of Chinese fansubbers in an English as a Lingua Franca world

open access: yesJoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation
This study explores the public perception of Chinese fansubbers in an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) world. The analysis draws from a survey gathering both quantitative and qualitative data from 327 respondents.
Bin Gao, Zhourong Shen
doaj   +1 more source

Going Beyond the obvious in English for Legal Purposes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper deals with some of the problems and implications of Legal English being used as a lingua franca, especially when teaching legal English in courses for judges in various European ...
Campos-Pardillos, Miguel Ángel
core   +1 more source

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