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More Than Words: The Multimodal Practice of Repetition in English as a Lingua Franca Interactions

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of repetition as an interactional resource in video‐recorded English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) interactions, focusing on partial repeats produced in responses to wh‐questions. By adopting a multimodal conversation analytic approach, the analysis demonstrates that repetition in this context may either index the ...
Yujong Park
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Will Baker, Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca. Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication

Iperstoria, 2016
Review of Will Baker, Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca.
Paola Vettorel
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Changed Minds and L2 Motivation: Reflections of Japanese EFL Students Living, Laboring and Learning in Vietnam

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English as a lingua franca (ELF) is increasingly used for communication in many EFL contexts, including Vietnam. Although Japan and Vietnam have a long history of economic cooperation, for practical reasons, English typically functions as the medium of communication between the two groups. This study examines Japanese expats who had studied or
Mark R. Freiermuth, Satomi Kanaya
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STUDIES ON ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA IN BRAZIL (2005-2012): A QUALITATIVE METASYNTHESIS

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2014
This work aims at presenting an overview of studies focusing on English as a global lingua franca published in Brazil between 2005-2012. The following sources were scrutinized: CAPES Database of Theses, Scholar Google and highly qualified Brazilian ...
Marcella BORDINI, Telma GIMENEZ
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The Pen is Mightier Than the Algorithm? A Multilevel Linguistic Comparison of LLM‐ and Human‐Translated Research Article Abstracts

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Translating local research into English as a lingua franca (ELF) connects local scholarship with global readership, but this process remains constrained by language barriers. Large language models (LLMs) offer advanced accessible solutions, but their responsible integration into academic translation requires a deeper understanding of the ...
Yueyue Huang, Yao Yao, Dechao Li
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Entangled Discourses and Realities of English: Japanese Undergraduates’ Everyday Online and Offline Language Experiences

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
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Global Interns or Learners of Japanese?: American Interns’ Negotiation of Positioning Across Orders of Indexicality in Japanese Workplaces

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid Japan's internationalization efforts, foreign employees are positioned as global English‐speaking talent while simultaneously facing expectations to conform to Japanese linguacultural norms. This study examines how such tensions are negotiated through the narratives of two interns—one African American and one Vietnamese American—in ...
Hae Ree Jun
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Language Maintenance Following International Mobility: A Longitudinal Study of Korean Foreign Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Second language acquisition research has largely emphasized language development, often overlooking language maintenance following international mobility. Addressing this gap, the present longitudinal mixed‐methods study examined oral proficiency maintenance among foreign language (FL) learners 9 months after returning from residence abroad ...
Yunjung (Yunie) Ku
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Challenging the Monolith: Ambivalence, the Native‐Speaker Ideal and Teacher Preparation in Multilingual South Africa

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the ambivalence of final‐year TESOL pre‐service teachers towards a non‐native‐speaking (NNS) lecturer within a historically white South African university. The research involved twelve student teachers being prepared to teach English as either a home language or a first additional language to high school learners in the ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
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"What language does global business speak?" - The concept and development of BELF [PDF]

Ibérica, 2013
This paper focuses on the development of the concept of BELF, which originally stood for Business English as Lingua Franca , but later we have used the abbreviation to refer to English as Business Lingua Franca .
Marja Kankaanranta, Leena Louhiala Salminen   +1 more
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