1st Edition
English as a Lingua Franca Theorizing and teaching English
By Ian Mackenzie
Copyright 2014
224 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.
Challenging and incisive, this book analyses positive and negative accounts of English as a lingua franca, and its linguistic features, within the... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 What is ELF?; Chapter 2 ELF, Bilingualism and Multicompetence; Chapter 3 Analytic Structures and Emergent Grammar; Chapter 4 The Grammar of ELF; Chapter 5 Lexis and Comprehension; Chapter 6 Formulaicity and Variation in ELF; Chapter 7 Elf and Self: Identity and Accent; Chapter 8 Enough Already! Angelic Accounts of ELF; Chapter 9 Elf in the Classroom;
Biography
Ian MacKenzie teaches English, linguistics and translation in the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Geneva.
