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Language learner beliefs and study abroad: A study on English as a lingua franca (ELF) [PDF]

System, 2014
Abstract The English language used to be specific to English-speaking countries such as the U.S.; however, it has evolved to become the new lingua franca all around the world. Considering the growing number of students studying abroad in English as a lingua franca (ELF) communities, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between ...
Deniz Ortaçtepe
exaly   +5 more sources

English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), ELF attitudes, ELF awareness, English varieties

ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2021
International teaching practicum (ITP) has gained more popularity since it is considered as a way of improving teachers’ quality not only in terms of the pedagogical competence but also the intercultural one.
Ninik Tri Astutik, Willy Prasetya
doaj   +2 more sources

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 ...
Mikko Laitinen, Laitinen, Mikko,
openaire   +2 more sources

Conceptualising English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a tertiary classroom language

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2010
This contribution draws on the notion of English as a lingua franca, especially as discussed in James (2006) and Smit (2010), to conceptualise English-medium tertiary education in settings where English functions as additional language and where ...
Smit, Ute
doaj   +6 more sources

Pragmatic strategies in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) for tourism.

11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25)
Rooted in Jenkins’s (2015) multilingual perspective on ELF communication, this investigation analyses overt, covert, and translanguaging practices within the specialised language domain of tourism. Aligning with Cogo (2016) and recent research on multilingualism, it captures “languaging” or “translanguaging” practices within speakers’ repertoires.
Parise, Ida
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Language Learner Beliefs In An English As A Lingua Franca (ELF) Context

Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
With the advent of learner-centered approaches to second or foreign language teaching, the research on learners’ beliefs or what learners bring into the classroom in terms of their prior knowledge and experiences, their expectations, and their attitudes towards different aspects of language learning has gained momentum.
Naghdipour, Bakhtiar
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Should Native English-Speaking Teachers be Culturally Responsive in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Contexts? Examining the Needs of ELF Learners

RATE Issues, 2018
This opinion paper examines the cultural needs in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) classrooms. The question of the paper is whether Native English Speaking Teachers (NESTs) who are teaching around the globe should integrate their own culture in the ...
Khalid Al Hariri
doaj   +3 more sources

THAI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELF IN CLASSROOM CONTEXTS: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY

ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2021
English has long acted as a powerful language in the world since it is spoken by various people from diverse cultural backgrounds and places around the globe. As a number of non-native speakers (NNSs) are rapidly growing, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
Sumit Choemue, Retno Muljani
doaj   +1 more source

IMPLEMENTATION OF BLENDED LEARNING IN ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF)-AWARE PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION [PDF]

, 2022
Blended learning which synthesizes face-to-face instruction with distance education opportunities in educationally meaningful ways aims to take advantage of the affordances of both genuine and virtual types of teaching and ubiquitously equip learners ...
Er, Elif Kemaloglu, Bayyurt, Yasemin
core   +2 more sources

Promoting English as a lingua franca: ELF awareness in a university World Englishes course [PDF]

Promoting English as a lingua franca: ELF awareness in a university World Englishes course
Substantial evidence has shown that Japanese English learners continue to have high admiration for the Inner Circle English varieties (Kubota, 2004; Fukuda, 2010). Many university students demonstrate this belief in the quest for a ‘high price tag’ goal, set as a yardstick, in learning English: to sound like First Language (L1) English speakers ...
Kato, Corazon Talam
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