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Rethinking English as a lingua franca in scientific-academic contexts

Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes, 2022
We aim to challenge assumptions made about the use of English as a “lingua franca” in scientific-academic contexts, identify the impact of such assumptions on trajectories of knowledge production and uptake, and legitimize the use of multiple ...
Federico Navarro   +11 more
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Teaching English as a lingua franca in China

English Today, 2021
The last decade has witnessed a significant increase of research on English as a lingua franca (ELF) as today's world becomes progressively more globalized (Lei & Liu, 2018).
Xia Yu, Chengyu Liu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The influence of context on language alternation practices in English as a lingua franca

Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 2021
This paper scrutinizes language alternation practices in different settings where English is predominantly used as the lingua franca (ELF). Data from different interactional contexts are examined: academic interactions from the ELFA corpus, doctoral ...
K. S. Pietikäinen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pronunciation in course books: English as a lingua franca perspective

, 2021
In recent decades there has been a growing interest in the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), for example identifying the lingua franca core (LFC), or pronunciation features important for intelligibility in ELF contexts.
Marek Kiczkowiak
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Translanguaging for intercultural communication in international higher education: transcending English as a lingua franca

International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
This article seeks to explore intercultural communication among a group of students with diverse linguistic and sociocultural backgrounds in an English-medium transnational university in China, focusing on multilingual students’ practices and perceptions
Wanyu Amy Ou, M. Gu, Francis M. Hult
semanticscholar   +1 more source

GERMAN AS A LINGUA FRANCA

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2006
This article explores the current state of German as a European lingua franca. It presents a brief history of German as a lingua franca from the late Middle Ages through the present. The presentation then addresses the number of speakers of German as a first, second, and foreign language and discusses the presence of the language in internationally ...
Peter Hans Nelde, Jeroen Darquennes
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English as a lingua franca in the international university: language experiences and perceptions among international students in multilingual Hong Kong

, 2020
This paper presents findings of a qualitative inquiry into international students’ experiences and perceptions of their language use in an English-medium international university in multilingual Hong Kong, with particular attention to the use of English ...
C. Sung
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Voices of learners in Thai ELT classrooms: a wake up call towards teaching English as a lingua franca

, 2020
This study aims to identify students’ attitudes towards teaching English in a lingua franca context. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview with 25 undergraduate students studying English across five universities in Southern Thailand ...
Eric A. Ambele, Yusop Boonsuk
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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