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- Title
English as a Lingua Franca: Creating a 'Model' Out of a 'Muddle'?
- Authors
Choudhury, Anindya Syam
- Abstract
In the context of the stupendous growth of English the world over in recent times, and the important role that it is now playing among speakers of English from diverse first-language backgrounds, some academic researchers are now advocating the teaching of English as Lingua Franca (ELF). However, the very notion of ELF, with all its contradictions, comes across as a muddled one, out of which the creation of a model for the English language classroom at this point of time seems a remote possibility. This article discusses this and several other crucial issues related to ELF, and it took its present shape as a result of a series of discussions that I had with several colleagues, the prime among them being Prof Z N Patil, who recently retired from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language; LINGUA francas; LANGUAGE contact; ENGLISH language in foreign countries; LANGUAGE &; languages; CONTRADICTION
- Publication
Language in India, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article