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English as a lingua franca [PDF]
ELT Journal, 2005 In recent years, the term ‘English as a lingua franca’ (ELF) has emerged as a way of referring to communication in English between speakers with different first languages. Since roughly only one out of every four users of English in the world is a native speaker of the language (Crystal 2003), most ELF interactions take place among ‘non-native ...
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Racism in China's English Language Teaching Industry: English as a Race‐Making Technology
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that racism is pervasive in China's English language teaching (ELT) industry, yet it is often ignored. It presents that English language education in China should be understood historically in a way that recognizes English as a racializing technology.
Shuling Wang
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Conceptual Spaces for Cognitive Architectures: A Lingua Franca for Different Levels of Representation [PDF]
, 2017 During the last decades, many cognitive architectures (CAs) have been realized adopting different assumptions about the organization and the representation of their knowledge level. Some of them (e.g. SOAR [Laird (2012)]) adopt a classical symbolic approach, some (e.g.
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Not Your Cup of Tea? : An exploration of attitudes towards English as a lingua franca in Europe's cultural sector. [PDF]
, 2013 Over the past two decades, English has undeniably become the lingua franca of Europe, making it the language of choice for intercultural exchange between speakers of different native languages.
Payne, Victoria Rachel
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The increasing trend of early English education has promoted the rapid growth of English private tutoring (EPT) for children, which garners attention in research as a global educational phenomenon. In China, EPT for children experienced a fervent expansion under neoliberalism.
Chun Zeng, Kevin Wai‐Ho Yung
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Heiko Motschenbacher, New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca
Iperstoria, 2014 Review of New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca, by Heiko Motschenbacher.
Paola Vettorel
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Despite decades of curricular change and the introduction of language pedagogies emphasising meaning and communication, teachers of English in Chilean schools still tend to favour traditional methods and focus largely on discrete language. Using data from stimulated recalls, interviews and observations with preservice teachers, interviews with
Luis Carabantes
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Paola Vettorel, English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices
Iperstoria, 2016 Recensione di English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices di Paola ...
Francesca Vigo
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the construction of language ideologies and language learning within English‐language education in a Language Introduction Program (LIP) in Sweden. LIP is an individual transitional program for newly arrived migrant students that seeks to quickly transition adolescents into further education or the job market.
Jenny Bergström +2 more
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Why Should We Prevent a Global Anglo-American Life-World? A Democratic-Deliberative Answer
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: European and Regional Studies, 2016 Should English be promoted as a worldwide lingua franca for justice-related reasons? Philippe Van Parijs answers affirmatively in order to promote global distributive justice.
Morales-Gálvez Sergi
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