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Research methods and intelligibility studies
, 2010 This paper first briefly reviews the concept of intelligibility as it has been employed in both English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and world Englishes (WE) research.
SEWELL, Andrew John
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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
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Is english our lingua franca or the native speaker's property? The native speaker orientation among middle school students in Japan [PDF]
, 2012 This paper reports the first empirical study to date that sought to examine the native speaker orientation among middle school EFL students in Japan. To this end, this preliminary study measured their language attitudes in this respect addressing age ...
Saito, Akihiro
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Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
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English as a Lingua Franca: An Immanent Critique [PDF]
Applied Linguistics, 2014 Over the past 15 years or so there has developed a school of thought within English language education and applied linguistics globally which refers to the phenomenon and use of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The thinking of ELF movement researchers has placed their work at the centre of current debates about the form, function and legitimacy of the
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English as a Lingua Franca: Recent developments in ELF research and their pedagogical implications [PDF]
, 2008 The current state of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) used in communication between nonnative speakers of English seems to require a change in the way English is taught and learned. However, English has still been taught and learned as a foreign language
Takatsuka, Shigenobu
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Foreign Aid, Civil Society and Post‐colonial Statebuilding in the Thai‒Myanmar Borderworld
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign aid is often used to promote good governance and to strengthen civil society, yet it can reproduce the uneven geographies of post‐colonial statebuilding. This article provides a relational and interpretivist analysis of foreign aid in southeast Myanmar between 2012 and 2021, when Western donors backed the country's democratic ...
Shona Loong
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ELF-awareness and Teachers' Attitudes Towards Classroom Materials' Evaluation: A Mini-survey Results
Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium, 2019 The present article focuses on the impact of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research on English language pedagogy in relation to teaching materials and, more specifically, the way culture and different varieties of English are included in them.
Natalia Agnieszka Rzońca
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Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract There is little published research on school‐aged learners of Mandarin Chinese in anglophone contexts. This article explores English secondary school pupils' motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages. The research questions were: (1) What is the strength and nature of pupils' self‐reported motivation for learning languages?
Robert Woore, Laura Molway, Clare Savory
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Reflections on ELT pedagogy: Functioning and communicating in English [PDF]
Sintagma, 2013 Globalization and multicultural communicative settings have contributed to the expansion of English as the main international language and as a result, English as a Lingua Franca use has been on the rise.
Lili Cavalheiro
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