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Exploring third spaces during pre‐service teacher online intercultural conversations

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We examined intercultural conversations in English between South African and Dutch pre‐service teachers during a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project. Unlike traditional COIL research, which emphasizes good practices and professional development, our approach explored the significance of everyday conversations in finding ...
Peter Mesker, Sarina de Jager
wiley   +1 more source

The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Style or accent?: Gendered perceptions of English among young Bahrainis

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Although both are recognized as different speech types, an accent is generally understood as unintentional, whereas style is performative. This study argues that with increasing rates of contact in globalization between people, resources, and cultures, ‘accent’ can be reconceptualized as closely intersected with ‘style’ in Expanding Circle ...
Wafa Al‐Alawi
wiley   +1 more source

Okay in intercultural lingua franca interactions between Chinese and British postgraduate students

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The forms and functions of okay have been investigated extensively in contexts where interlocutors speak the same language (e.g., German, Hungarian, and Swedish). Conversely, comparatively few studies have been conducted on how okay is used among people who do not share the same first language, such as lingua franca encounters.
Angela Sabbah‐Taylor   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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