Models and Targets for the Pronunciation of English in Vietnam and Sweden [PDF]
This paper aims to account for the factors that lie behind the choice of models and targets for the pronunciation of English by learners of English in Vietnam and in Sweden. English is the first foreign language in both Vietnam and in Sweden.
Cunningham, Una
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Home culture and its effects on English as a lingua franca communication: Voices from Chinese students at a United Kingdom university. [PDF]
Zhang X, Lütge C.
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Analyzing Use of Thanks to You: Insights for Language Teaching and Assessment in Second and Foreign Language Contexts [PDF]
This investigation of thanks to you in British and American usage was precipitated by a situation at an American university, in which a native Arabic speaker said thanks to you in isolation, making his intended meaning unclear.
Crompton, Peter, Lanteigne, Betty
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While Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are widely used in higher education, their application and effectiveness for high school students, especially English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners grappling with language barriers in English-Medium ...
Jo-Chi Hsiao +2 more
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English in the mainstream: Heritage language or lingua franca? [PDF]
This article examines fundamental assumptions that relate to the nature and role of the English language in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its use in society generally and in the school curriculum specifically.
Bruce, Ian
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English as A Lingua Franca: How It Is Interpreted and Implemented in EFL Classroom
People all around the globe has recognized that English is now used as its lingua franca. It means that English has been used as a means to communicate in every aspect of situation among people who do not share the same first language. This phenomenon is
Rizki Ramadhan, Yuniar D A Siregar
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Researching language learning motivation: A concise guide. [PDF]
Pei R, Zhang Z.
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Global interactions in English as a Lingua Franca. How written communication is changing under the influence of electronic media and new contexts of use [PDF]
This volume investigates the changes undergone by written communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), which usually functions as a language for communication purposes, becomes a language for identification purposes ...
POPPI, Franca
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Indonesia EFL Teachers' Perceptions about Teaching English as Lingua Franca [PDF]
As the requirement of English mastery becomes rapidly high in this globalization era, an English teacher plays the first role in students’ learning development because in a country whose English as a foreign language become the essential source of ...
Rahayu, Gupuh
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LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC IDENTITY: SOCIOLINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY [PDF]
Language is closely connected to personal, social, and cultural identity. The article Language and Academic Identity: Sociolinguistic Aspects of English as a Lingua Franca in the Scientific Community describes the relationship between using English as a ...
Podhovnik, Edith
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