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Global Englishes: WE, EIL, ELF and English Language Teaching. An Overview of Research Literature
The article is aimed at presenting an overview of recent research studies dealing with the pedagogical implications of research into World Englishes (WE), English as an International Language (EIL) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).
Paola Vettorel
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Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle
In this overview article, we present the motivations for compiling this issue of RJL and summarize the major premises of the World Englishes (WE) Paradigm.
Zoya G. Proshina, Cecil L. Nelson
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Abstract Studies on Global Englishes (GE)‐related pedagogical and curricular innovations emphasize the importance of exposing students to the diversity of English and its users. However, they do not provide direct evidence of changes in students' attitudes.
Natsuno Funada
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Innovation related to Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) provide opportunities for learners to gain experience using English contextually. This is the implication of the new paradigm of English as an International Language (EIL) in which learning ...
Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum +2 more
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Identity and standards for English as a European Union lingua franca
Abstract This article addresses, from an applied linguistics perspective, the position English maintains among the myriad of languages spoken in the European Union (EU). The linguistic make‐up of EU society, as well as the language policy of the Union, is scrutinised.
Marko Modiano
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This article concerns itself with the identification of language units essential to the intelligibility of communication of non-native English speakers (NNESs) in international settings, or English as an international language (EIL) communication.
Tatiana Skopintseva
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“Our study offers insight into…” Rhetorical promotion in English and Spanish conference abstracts
Abstract The conference abstract (CA) is an important promotional academic genre that allows scholars to introduce their research to their peers as a conference presentation if the proposal is accepted by the reviewing gatekeepers. However, few studies have explored the CA in specific disciplines and no studies have examined this genre from an ...
Pedro Martín, Sally Burgess
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EFL Learners’ Motivation and Attitude toward EIL in the Increasingly Globalized Local Context of Iran: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach [PDF]
The present study probed 409 Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) learners' motivation and attitude toward English as an International Language (EIL) by investigating the causal relationships of their facets via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM ...
Fahimeh Marefat, Maryam Pakzadian
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Challenges of Employing the Underlying Tenets of English as an International Language in Iran
Concerning the complexities that are closely related to the rapid spread of English around the world over the past few decades, English as an international language (EIL) was proposed to represent a revisiting of the established notions within the field of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) by holding a positive attitude toward non‐native ...
Mahmood Hashemian +3 more
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English as an International Language (EIL) constitutes a paradigm for the teaching of English from a pluri-centric linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical approach. This article reports on the partial findings of a Comparative Case Study (CCS) conducted to
Oscar Gomez-Delgado
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