English as a lingua franca

Seidlhofer, Barbara

doi:10.1093/elt/cci064

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“…Mauranen & Metsä-Ketelä 2006;Meierkord 2006;House 2009a;Björkman 2011) and book-length treatments (e.g. Jenkins 2007;Kirkpatrick 2010c;Smit 2010;Cogo & Dewey 2011;Mauranen 2011;Seidlhofer 2011), an increasing number of ELF-focused doctoral theses have been completed, with many more in the pipeline, and a dedicated ELF conference series has been established (Helsinki 2008, Southampton 2009, Vienna 2010, Hong Kong 2011and Istanbul 2012, to name just the first five), with the proceedings of the first conference already published (Mauranen & Ranta 2009) and those of the second conference in press at the time of writing (Archibald, Cogo & Jenkins in press). The most recent key development in ELF is the publisher de Gruyter Mouton's decision to launch a dedicated journal, the Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, in 2011.…”

Section: Lingua Francas and English As A Lingua Francamentioning

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Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

2011

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We begin by considering how the recent phenomenon of English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) fits in with the older notion of lingua francas in general as well as with older versions of ELF. We then explore the beginnings of ELF in its modern manifestation, including the earliest ELF research, and tackle the thorny issue of defining ELF. After discussing the main locations and domains in which ELF research has been carried out to date, we move on to examining research into three linguistic levels, lexicogrammar, phonology and pragmatics, concluding with a discussion of very recent findings revealing ELF's linguistic fluidity. Next, we discuss research into two domains where ELF has proved especially prevalent: business English and academic English. This is followed by a consideration of ELF as a globalized and globalizing practice. We end the article by exploring the implications of ELF research for ELF-oriented English teaching and the role that attitudes are likely to play in this. We conclude that while the relaxed attitudes towards ELF of younger people are promising, strong resistance is still felt by many others, and that the major challenge remains in convincing the examination boards that they should take account of ELF.

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Section: Lingua Francas and English As A Lingua Francamentioning

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Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

2011

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“…The bilingual approach which involves the use of both English and the learners' L1 recognizes that many learners need to operate in bilingual environments where translation and code-switching are valued skills (Sridhar & Sridhar, 1986). The bilingual approach also acknowledges that many EFL/ESL learners wish to preserve their own cultural and linguistic identities while learning and using English (Seidlhofer, 2011).…”

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Code-switching in English Language Education: Voices from Vietnam

Nguyen

Grainger

Carey

2016

TPLS

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Abstract-Why do bilingual language teachers and students switch between the two languages in their language classrooms? On the evidence of current research findings in relation to English-Vietnamese codeswitching in the educational contexts of Vietnam, this article identifies that classroom code-switching between the second language and the first language has its own pedagogic functions and it can be a valuable language classroom resource to both teachers and learners. In Vietnam, the implementation of the monolingual approach of teaching English-through-English-only faces many challenges such as inadequate classroom resources, students' low levels of English competence, motivation and autonomy, teachers' limited English abilities, and inappropriate teaching methods. Many Vietnamese teachers of English support code-switching in the classroom and they teach English through the bilingual approach. English-Vietnamese code-switching is reported not to be a restriction on the acquisition of English; rather, it can facilitate the teaching and learning of general English in Vietnam. This practice of code-switching is not just due to a lack of sufficient proficiency to maintain a conversation in English; rather, it serves a number of pedagogic functions such as explaining new words and grammatical rules, giving feedback, checking comprehension, making comparison between English and Vietnamese, establishing good rapport between teachers and students, creating a friendly classroom atmosphere and supporting group dynamics.

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“…It is widely accepted fact that today English is a global lingua franca (ELF) and has become an international language (EIL) (Crystal, 1997;McKay, 2003aMcKay, , 2003bSeidlhofer, 2004, 2005, and Sharifian, 2009. English has achieved this status because it is not only used among people from English speaking countries, but also used and spoken by a large numbers of people whom English is not their mother tongue.…”

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Indonesian Tertiary Students’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Local Culture vs Target Culture Reading Materials in English Reading Class

Rodliyah¹,

Imperiani²,

Amalia³

2014

JBS-JPBSP

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Abstrak Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap bagaimana sikap mahasiswa Indonesia terhadap penggunaan materi dengan muatan budaya lokal maupun budaya target dalam teks bahasa Inggris di kelas Membaca (Reading) Kata-Kata Kunci: EIL, ELF, materi budaya lokal, materi budaya target, sikap mahasiswa Abstract This paper aims at portraying Indonesian tertiary students' attitudes towards the use of local and target culture reading texts in English reading classes with regard to today's role of English. It has been widely recognized that today's role of English is as an international language (EIL) and as a lingua franca (ELF). Regarding this international role of English language, ideally teaching and learning

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English as a lingua franca

Cited by 528 publications

References 4 publications

Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

Code-switching in English Language Education: Voices from Vietnam

Indonesian Tertiary Students’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Local Culture vs Target Culture Reading Materials in English Reading Class

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