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Jan 31, 2019 · A comprehensive overview of English as a lingua franca research - Jennifer Jenkins, Will Baker & Martin Dewey, The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. London & New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. xix + 620. Hardback £165/$240, ISBN 978-1-13885-532-8. - Volume 35 Issue 4
Jul 23, 2021 · 2.3 EMI, ELF and Translanguaging in Asia. Like ELF, EMI is a relatively new phenomenon and, like ELF, it has expanded significantly in the last few decades with the implementation of EMI programs far outpacing research in the area (Dafouz & Smit, 2016; Dearden, 2014) and there are still ongoing debates about how best to define it (Baker & Hüttner, 2019).
Feb 7, 2018 · The research took as its starting point the fact that English is the lingua franca of the majority of university programmes/courses around the world that recruit international students, that the ...
Mar 13, 2017 · Those Golden Arches. Speaking of ever expanding industries, like aviation, franchising has contributed hugely to the growth of English, thanks to the desire of so many whose first language isn’t English to live the lives they see in their favourite (translated) TV shows and films. We challenge you to walk into a McDonalds anywhere in this ...
Sep 13, 2012 · The opening chapter, titled ‘What is this thing called English’, argues that the emergence of English as global lingua franca, defined here as the use of English among speakers of different first languages, calls for a reconceptualization of English as a resource appropriated by bilingual users on their own terms and adapted to their own ...
Lingua francas typically play a pivotal role in promoting intercultural understanding, fostering cooperation, and enabling regional or global communication. As we’ve seen with the examples above, they break down language barriers, facilitating trade, diplomacy, tourism, and academic exchange. Moreover, by providing a shared language, lingua ...
Jun 26, 2021 · Although English is not the language spoken by most people in the world, it is the most spoken international lingua franca. However, departing from the original meaning of lingua franca—a language used by people with mother tongues other than itself—English as a lingua franca, or ELF, encompasses not only non-native speakers, but also native speakers.
