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The learning potential of English as a lingua franca contexts in the eyes of study abroad students
Studies in Second Language Learning and TeachingThis paper presents insights from two interview studies with the aim of shedding light on the learning potential of studying abroad in an area where English is used as a lingua franca. The majority of previous research on study abroad focuses on students’
Sybille Heinzmann +2 more
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, 2011 The worldwide spread of English is just one of the many different developments subsumed under the general phenomenon of globalisation. Since the term itself refers to various processes, a universal definition does not exist.
POPPI, Franca
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Advice-giving in the English lingua franca classroom
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009 Nadeau, Melody Hallenbeck
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International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT Hong Kong's migrant domestic worker (MDW) system has operated for over 50 years and has been the subject of extensive scholarship. However, how power is negotiated within MDW‐employer relationships, particularly through employers' evaluations of workers' skills, remains underexamined.
Tin Nok Li
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Speaking the State: Linguistic Displacement and Political Support
Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT Objective We examine how the misalignment between ethnic‐language schooling and the adult linguistic environment—a condition we term linguistic displacement—shapes ethnic minorities’ political support for the central state in China. Methods Using the China Family Panel Studies (2012–2018), we link childhood school records to adult political ...
Haofeng Ma, Jeongho Choi
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THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION: CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH BETWEEN FRAGMENTATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Metodički Vidici, 2012 We provide an overview of the current situation regarding the use of English worldwide, by making use of the classic explanatory model proposed by Kachru, with some necessary updates.
Marco F. Zagnoli
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Lingua franca in its polymorphous manifestations [PDF]
S. Baggio e P. Taravacci edited a new and very welcome contribution to the study of lingua franca, which follows another book edited by the same team from the Trento University scholar in 2020 about natural and invented languages (reviewed in 2021 in the
Pisaniello, Valerio +5 more
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Globalization's intertwining of culturally and linguistically diverse peoples is empowered and reflected by an unprecedented worldwide lingua franca.
Patrao, A
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Multilingualism, Lingua Franca and Lingua Sacra
, 2018 The present book comprises a number of studies centered around the topic of how knowledge diffuses from one culture to another, and how knowledge diffusion is connected with the spread of languages and the conceptual systems they carry by translation.
Braarvig, Jens, Geller, Markham J.
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1742-1754, June 2026.Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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