Tag: ELF
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“Are you ELF?” [Reading notes]
Summary of an article about English as a Lingua Franca (Jenks 2013)
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English as a Lingua Franca 6
Intercultural communication: New perspectives from ELF The 6th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF6) will be held in Rome between the 4th and 7th September 2013. The conference will be organised by Roma Tre University, and will focus on Intercultural Communication, as seen from the perspective of ELF. Conference themes Some possible topics…
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English as a lingua franca: Selected readings
Summary of a debate about ELF, involving Sowden, Cogo, Sewell, Sung and Dewey.
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“Is English a foreign language” in Greece?
English is often considered a foreign language in Greece, but this distinction may need rethinking in a globalized world. The role of English in Greek society blurs the line between foreign and second language education, influencing curriculum design and teacher education. The prominence of English in daily communication and branding implies a need for a…
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“The successful candidate will be a native speaker of American English”
I recently blogged about an assistant professorship being advertised by the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Readers may have noted that the advert is very specifically targeted at suitably qualified candidates who are “native speaker[s] of American English, or have near-native command of American English”. This is a noteworthy requirement for several reasons: Pragmatically, it is interesting to…