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English as a lingua franca used at international meetings

open access: yesJournal of Language and Cultural Education, 2015
The paper deals with the use of English as a lingua franca. It concentrates on the environment of international meetings where English is used as a lingua franca. The aim of the research conducted through a survey of members of a NATO working group is to
Barančicová Jana, Zerzová Jana
doaj   +1 more source

Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical coverage in ELF [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The aim of this study was to determine how much vocabulary is needed to understand English in contexts where it is spoken internationally as a lingua franca (ELF).
Stevenage, Christine
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EFL learning, religious faith and globalization in Indonesia's pesantren

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Increasing global demands to teach and learn English in religious educational institutions remain high, yet little EFL research has been conducted in such contexts. Using Indonesia's Islamic educational institutions (i.e., the pesantren) as a focus of analysis, this article seeks to narrow that gap by examining the key factors driving EFL ...
Muhammad Jauhari Sofi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Referent Reintroduction More Vulnerable to Crosslinguistic Influence? An Analysis of Referential Choice among Japanese–English Bilingual Children

open access: yesLanguages
This study aims to examine whether a crosslinguistic influence (CLI) is exerted on the referring expressions of the spoken narratives of Japanese–English bilingual children in different discourse contexts.
Satomi Mishina-Mori   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dealing with Communicative Problems in English as a Lingua Franca | Traiter les problèmes communicatifs en anglais considéré comme lingua franca [PDF]

open access: yesKalbotyra, 2008
De nos jours, l’anglais est l’une des langues les plus utilisées dans la communication internationale. Les locuteurs qui recourent à l’anglais en tant que lingua franca maîtrisent cette langue de façon inégale.
Agnieszka Nowicka
doaj  

Measuring inequality in access to English across East Asia

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study statistically examines disparities in access to acquiring English language proficiency (ELL‐access gaps) in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, using nationally representative survey data and a model that assumes causal relationships of ‘social origins → English proficiency’.
Takunori Terasawa
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to the underrepresentation, exclusion or outright discrimination experienced by women and members of other visible minority groups in academic philosophy. Much of this debate has focused on the state
Contesi, Filippo, Terrone, Enrico
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How Flexible Are Grammars Past Puberty? The Case of Relative Clauses in Turkish‐American Returnees

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 391-424, June 2026.
Abstract How flexible are grammars after puberty? To answer this, we test returnees: heritage speakers (HS) born in an immigration context who returned to their homeland in later years. If returnees are targetlike, then language is still malleable after puberty; in contrast, if maturational effects are in play, postpuberty returnees will show ...
Aylin Coşkun Kunduz, Silvina Montrul
wiley   +1 more source

Concordance Between the Occlusal Contacts Record Obtained Using an Intraoral Scanner and Carbon Paper

open access: yesOrthodontics &Craniofacial Research, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 546-552, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the reliability of the registration of occlusal contacts through intraoral scanning in comparison with those obtained with the aid of carbon paper. Materials and Methods The occlusal registration was obtained at the beginning of the orthodontic treatment of 35 patients (23 men and 12 women), aged 15 to 30 years.
Victor França Didier   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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