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New ways of analysing the history of varieties of English - an acoustic analysis of early pop music recordings from Ghana [PDF]
, 2012 I will present first results of an acoustic analysis of Ghanaian “Highlife” songs from the 1950s to 1960s. My results show that vowel subsystems in the 1950s and 1960s show a different kind of variation than in present-day Ghanaian English.
Schmidt, Sebastian
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ACCOMMODATING WORLD ENGLISHES IN DEVELOPING EFL LEARNERS' ORAL COMMUNICATION
TEFLIN Journal, 2012 This article aims to discuss issues of World Englishes (WEs) and the implications in ELT. It explores the extent to which WEs are taken into account as emerging English varieties different from inner circle varieties, how WEs should be accomodated by ...
Nur Mukminatien
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Angielski: Klucz do studiów międzynarodowych i bariera na drodze do pogłębionego zrozumienia [PDF]
, 2016 Following a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of the use of English in exchange programs, seven hypotheses on the use of the vernacular in academia are analyzed and conclusions drawn, leading to seeing English as one, but not as the only ...
Hartmann, Wilfried
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University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2019 The spread of English is considered as a tool of British political and linguistic imperialism in effects of globalization. Kachrus Three Circle model of World Englishes has always played significant role in the categorization of the spread of English ...
Naeema Shah
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WORLD ENGLISHES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Novìtnâ Osvìta, 2021 Over the past few decades, the notion of World Englishes has achieved much attention among linguists, language teachers, and other professionals. The present study explores the impact these trends have had on university education in the field of English
Beáta Biliková, Katarína Seresová
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Developing a capacity to make "English for Everyone" worthwhile: Reconsidering outcomes and how to start achieving them [PDF]
, 2008 Past decades have seen a growing assumption worldwide that national governments should provide ‘English for Everyone’ (EFE) as a core component of their school curricula.
Wedell, M.
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ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2023 While a considerable number of English language users come from expanding-circle countries, international English proficiency tests like TOEFL and IELTS tend to model inner-circle varieties like British, North American, and Australian, implying that ...
Abyan Syam Zain, Willy Prasetya
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Languages of Power and Resistance
Prompt, 2022 This research assignment asks preservice undergraduate secondary education teachers in an applied grammar class to engage in a two-prong research project: a multimodal, interactive “poster” and a research paper that together explore the pedagogical ...
Beth Buyserie
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The Intensifiers this/that in Some Varieties of English [PDF]
, 2020 The intensifiers this/that acquired their adverbial status as a result of a grammaticalization process by means of which the deictic demonstratives became degree adverbs with the meaning of ‘to this/that extent, so much, so’ (OED s.v. this/that adv). The
Calle-Martin, Javier +1 more
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Combining different types of data in studying attitudes to English as a Lingua Franca [PDF]
, 2012 This paper deals with the attitudes of Croatian speakers to ELF, in particular to its pronunciation. Four methods were combined to reach conclusions about the status of ELF in Croatia: diary study, teacher interviews, a preliminary focus group interview ...
Josipović-Smojver, Višnja +2 more
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