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Feb 26, 2024 · In today’s globalized context, English is not only an essential tool for international discourse but also the premier foreign language in numerous countries, with its symbolic stature and status...
- The British Empire
- The Industrial Revolutions
- Wartime Language Spread
By the nineteenth century, Britain was the new title holder for the largest empire in the world. 1. > India 2. > Australia 3. > the West Indies 4. > territories in Africa 5. > territories in the Middle East 6. > British Guiana 7. > Canada 8. > the United States These were among Britain’s conquests, which, all in all, accounted for 400 million peopl...
The industrial revolutions in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain would also help pave the way. Britain was quickly becoming a global leader in science, technology, and invention. The result was the transformation of commercial trends and new English-originated terminology.
World Wars I and II also gave clear indications of English language proliferation. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles, at the conclusion of WWI, was written in English, as well as French. Use of English surged with the WWII victory by English-speaking nations and the subsequent formation of the UN. With Europe in ruins after WWII, the United States and ...
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Nov 25, 2016 · The global spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be viewed as providing an unprecedented opportunity for intercultural exchange. However, there have been concerns that the dominance of English may result in linguistic and cultural ‘imperialism’...
- Will Baker
- 2017
Jan 18, 2022 · Salomone, the Kenneth Wang professor of law at St. John’s University School of Law, tends to glide over why English won, simply stating that English is the language of neoliberalism and...
©UCLES 2017 Executive summary We live in a multilingual world. English serves as the lingua franca for education, trade and employment, and is an essential skill for anyone wanting to succeed professionally or academically in the 21st century. English offers enormous opportunities, and language policy rightly focuses on how to give more equitable
Aug 14, 2021 · 1 Citations. Abstract. This chapter explores the notion of interculturality and how it can be effectively integrated in the teaching of English as a foreign/second language. English, the undisputed global lingua franca, is the most widely used language for intercultural communication.
Sep 22, 2023 · In this article, I elaborate on the link between English as a Lingua Franca and Intercultural Communication with a focus on the notion of ‘interculturality’. This elaboration is based on theoretical reflections as well as on the analysis of interactional data in the scope of a so-called intercultural game played in English as a lingua ...