English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) denotes the use of English as a common means of communication among speakers of diverse native languages. In contemporary globalisation, ELF has emerged as a dynamic, ...
ELFA (English as a Lingua Franca in the Academia) investigates English as it is currently used by speakers with different mother tongues. It explores the practices, regularities, and patterns of ...
German comedian Henning Wehn explores the growing use of ELF - English as a lingua franca. Show more German comedian and broadcaster Henning Wehn explores the fast-growing use of ELF – English as a ...
A selection of papers have been published in a thematic volume on the main themes of the ELF Forum conference: Mauranen, Anna and Ranta, Elina (eds) (2009) English as a Lingua Franca: Studies and ...
German comedian Henning Wehn explores the growing use of ELF – English as a lingua franca. Show more German comedian Henning Wehn explores the growing use of ELF – English as a lingua franca. He talks ...
The Guardian: The costs and benefits of English as a lingua franca
English is now the acknowledged lingua franca of higher education. What started as a gradual process in the sciences has spread to higher education in general. With the internationalisation of higher ...
The world uses English as a lingua franca because it makes sense for millions of people (“The Downside of English’s Dominance,” Review, Nov. 27). My grandfather in India mandated the use of English in ...
ジャパンタイムズ: Could the lingua franca approach to learning break Japan's English curse?