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Current Perspectives on Pedagogy for English as a Lingua Franca
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Current Perspectives on Pedagogy for English as a Lingua FrancaThe aim of this edited volume is to examine how current theories and principles underlying English as a Lingua Franca studies contribute to research on present pedagogical practices in ELF contexts. The book provides useful insights into pedagogical practices in different ELF settings and knowledge on the pedagogy-policy relationship in terms of ELF.
 
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Tags: Lingua, Franca, practices, English, pedagogical
The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel
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The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

English is the world's lingua franca-the most widely spoken language in human history. And yet, as historian and linguist Nicholas Ostler persuasively argues, English will not only be displaced as the world's language in the not-distant future, it will be the last lingua franca, not replaced by another. Empire, commerce, and religion have been the primary raisons d'etre for lingua francas--Greek, Latin, Arabic have all held the position--and Ostler explores each through the lens of civilizations spanning the globe and history, from China and India to Russia and Europe.
 
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Tags: lingua, English, history, language, Ostler
Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders: The Politics and Place of English as a World Language
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Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders: The Politics and Place of English as a World LanguageThis book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the present as derived from the past and as a bearer of future possibility, the understanding of which is rooted in the understanding of World Englishes and ELF.
 
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Tags: World, understanding, English, lingua, Englishes
English as an Academic Lingua Franca
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English as an Academic Lingua FrancaAs a result of globalization, higher education institutions throughout the world are adopting English for parts of their education. Higher education is becoming increasingly international and thus linguistically diverse, for educational, idealistic and financial reasons. This book presents a much-needed description of English as a lingua franca (ELF) from an international university setting and focuses on form and pragmatic issues, using authentic spoken data. It provides useful insights into how communicative effectiveness can be achieved in spoken lingua franca communication.
 
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Tags: English, education, spoken, international, lingua
ERA Lingua Tour board game: Book + CD-ROM
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ERA Lingua Tour board gameERA Lingua Tour board game

E.R.A. Language - Ваш домашний репетитор! E.R.A. Language — это уникальная настольная языковая игра с компьютерным приложением на компакт-диске. E.R.A. Language — это возможность изучать родной и иностранный языки одновременно. Вместе с E.R.A. Language у вас появится возможность начать изучение языка с азов. Вы познакомитесь с алфавитом, числительными, наименованиями цветов, а также познакомитесь с первой сотней английских слов.
 
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Tags: Language, познакомитесь, возможность, алфавитом, числительными, Lingua, board