Search results
Feb 26, 2024 · This paper explores the ascent of English as a global lingua franca within the context of linguistic hegemony, following Phillipson’s 1992 framework.
4 What is the role of English-centric multilingualism in global crisis communication? English today is the undisputed global lingua franca. In the past decades, most countries outside the Anglosphere have invested heavily in ramping up their English capabilities (e.g., Phillipson 2003; Piller and Cho 2013; Takahashi 2013).
- Ingrid Piller, Jie Zhang, Jia Li
- 2020
People also ask
Why is English a lingua franca?
Is English a global lingua franca?
Why is English a foreign language?
Why do we need English as a global language?
May 2, 2021 · The article presents an overview of modern research devoted to the study of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF); The relevance of the paper is due to the increasing tendency for cooperation in the spheres of diplomacy, business and education that necessitates the agents of global communication to use a universal tool for mutual comprehension.
This paper focuses on English as a lingua franca, an area of research that has gone through several phases of reconceptualization over recent years. What has not changed despite the reframing is the insistence that ELF, with its focus on intelligibility rather than formal accuracy, is not to be judged on the basis of standard English norms. In response to these claims, researchers have argued ...
This paper outlines key proposals for change in language teaching from the related fields of World Englishes (WE), English as a lingua franca (ELF), English as an international language (EIL), and Global Englishes, and critically reviews the growing body of pedagogical research conducted within these domains.
Oct 28, 2014 · English as the Global Lingua Franca (EGLF) has become a means of universal communication not only between the native speakers of English and speakers of English as the second language, but also between people with different native languages.
Abstract This article examines the role of English in Nigeria as a medium of communication, political activities-social and academic guidance from its historical perspective, and the duration of gradual transition to the present status of bilingualism and its democratization of language in conformity with national unification.
