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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016 Teacher education represents an essential step to raise awareness of the sociolinguistic changes brought about by the current pluralization of English and by its lingua franca role.
Paola Vettorel , Sara Corrizzato
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Turkish EFL Students' Perceptions of ELF and its Pedagogical Implications
Sakarya University Journal of Education, 2021 English has established itself as a lingua franca for people from a variety of linguistic and cultural origins in today's more globalized world. As a result, English's current position is likely to have an effect on both EFL students' perceptions of the ...
Fikri Geckinli, Cevdet Yılmaz
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English as a Lingua Franca (ELF): Croatian L1 Students' Perspectives [PDF]
Humanities and social sciences review (Cumberland, R.I.), 2019 The current paper presents the results of a research which aimed at establishing the attitude of Croatian L1 students towards the role of English as a global international language. In particular, the focus is to examine whether their perspectives reflect the notion of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) by means of a three-part questionnaire designed to ...
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Local Tests of English in Global Contexts: A Malaysian Case Study
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global tests of English are usually used globally and local tests locally. However, this global–local dichotomy has been challenged by test localisation, globalisation and glocalisation. An emerging critical question in this regard is whether local tests of English can be used locally and globally at the same time.
M. Obaidul Hamid, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob
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An investigation of Japanese university students' attitudes towards English
, 2011 As a global language, English has spread to the extent that non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers. In the last few decades, a body of research literature has emerged demonstrating the decreasing global relevance of native English speakers ...
Galloway, Nicola
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Studies in English Language and EducationDespite the growing research demonstrating the changing role of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in today’s globalized world, few studies in Indonesia have examined how learners perceive English language teaching (ELT) materials in relation to ELF. Using
Wulandari Santoso +2 more
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Linguistic Justice in World Englishes: A View From Cultural Appropriation
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article highlights the need to better clarify what we understand by linguistic justice. Failure to do so poses the danger that the concept not only remains something we may clamour for but is also one that we are unable or unwilling to recognize should we ever encounter it.
Lionel Wee
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English Worldwide and Linguistic Justice: Past and Present
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This opening article of the special issue “English worldwide and linguistic justice” starts from the premise that more interdisciplinary work is needed that bridges sociolinguistic research with linguistic justice theories to provide deeper, more nuanced understandings of the position and functions of English around the world today.
Josep Soler, Thomas Ricento
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Where to now? Future directions in ELF pragmatics research
, 2022 As the preceding chapters in this volume demonstrate, a great deal has been learned about pragmatics in English as a lingua franca in a relatively short period of time. But what are the next steps?
Kirkpatrick, Andy +3 more
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 532-553, September 2026.Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie +2 more
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