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Oct 28, 2014 · Closing a conceptual gap: the case for a description of English as a lingua franca. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 11 (2), 133 − 158. Seidlhofer, B. (2011). Understanding English as a Lingua Franca: A Complete Introduction to the Theoretical Nature and Practical Implications of English Used as a Lingua Franca.
1.2 English as a lingua franca in the EU: the trend towards monolingualism Although the EU is recognised as being institutionally multilingual, as pointed out above, it is interesting to note that its very portal for multilingualism, for example, has the vast majority of its texts solely in English, with only a few available in German and ...
Recent decades have witnessed the growing presence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in international communication, which has emerged as one of the major factors influencing the interpreting profession. What follows is the debate concerning
The paper presents the findings of a questionnaire study involving 234 Polish students, English majors, which aimed to determine their preferences and opinions concerning native-speaker and ELF ...
Jan 1, 2011 · 2. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and Understanding Culture. It is extremely difficult to decide if English as a lingua franca (ELF) refers only to the function of English used by non-native speakers, as well as by native speakers in communication with non-native speakers, or if it refers to a variety/varieties of English used in particular ...
Apr 22, 2020 · The phenomenon of English as a lingua franca (ELF), in other words English used among speakers who have different first language backgrounds, has existed since the British began to colonize parts of Asia and Africa in the late 16th century. However, it is only during the past thirty years that ELF has spread to the rest of the world, seen a ...
THE LINGUASCAPE OF THE POLISH-CZECH BORDERLAND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM title of the paper: lingua materna, lingua franca, lingua receptiva, and multilingua franca. The proposed conceptual frames enable us to conclude about more general rules and patterns in the selection of languages on signs appearing in the ...
