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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Empirical perspectives on English as a lingua franca (ELF) grammar [PDF]
World Englishes, 2020 AbstractThis article focuses on grammatical variation in English as a lingua franca (ELF). Calling for more systematic corpus studies, it presents three empirical perspectives that broaden and deepen the study of grammatical variability in ELF. These approaches focus on tracing how ongoing grammatical change in core and emergent modal auxiliaries is ...
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Negotiation as the way of engagement in intercultural and lingua franca communication: trames of reference and interculturality [PDF]
, 2015 The paper argues that Negotiation (capitalised to differentiate from negotiation as an activity type such as business negotiation) is the most important means of engagement in intercultural and lingua franca communication.
Zhu, Hua
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Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2015 The article highlights English as Lingua Franca and emphasizes the importance of teaching Language for Special Purposes (LSP). The content of the notion “lingua-franca” is analysed on the basis of a number of linguistic works devoted to the English ...
Seda Gasparyan
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Professional Communication in a Global Business Context: The Notion of Global Communicative Competence [PDF]
, 2011 On the basis of an extensive survey study conducted among business professionals engaging in global communication, this paper discusses communicative competence. Rapid changes in work environments, particularly advancing globalization and new technology,
Kankaanranta, Anne +1 more
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Eurooppalainen viitekehys englanti lingua francana -näkökulmasta: mitä kielensäätelyn tutkiminen voi meille opettaa [PDF]
, 2014 This publication took a long time to find its final form. In it, I combine ideas from my MA and PhD theses to discuss the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) from the perspective of English as a lingua franca (ELF).
Hynninen, Niina
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English as the Lingua Franca of Engineering: The Morphosyntax of Academic Speech Events
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2008 English today is frequently used as an international means of communication among its non-native speakers from different L1 backgrounds. Research on English as a lingua franca (ELF) has already revealed commonalities and common processes from a variety ...
Beyza Björkman
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The dominance of English in scientific publications: The experience and attitudes of scholars working at a faculty in Serbia [PDF]
Reči (Beograd), 2021 The author of the paper studied the experience and attitudes of 30 scholars working at a faculty in Serbia. The results of the questionnaire comply with the findings of much larger linguistic and sociolinguistic studies conducted on the subject in other ...
Igrutinović Smiljana M.
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English as a Lingua Franca: A New Variety in the New Expanding Circle?
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2006 The traditional tripartite model of English world-wide has so far ignored one of the most important functions of English today, namely that of a lingua franca between non-native speakers.
Sandra Mollin
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A study of Taiwanese university students’ English use, learning goals and attitudes toward English as a lingua franca [PDF]
, 2018 This study investigates Taiwanese university students’ experience of English use, aims of learning English and attitudes toward English as a lingua franca (ELF). The notion of ELF has been researched in the field of English language teaching.
Luo, Wen-Hsing
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