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Torn between the norms: innovations in world Englishes
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This article is published in World Englishes.The article was published on 1998-03-01. It has received 280 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: World Englishes.read more
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Closing A Conceptual Gap: The Case For A Description Of English As A Lingua Franca
TL;DR: The authors argue that although this orientation is often recognized as inappropriate and counter-productive, it persists because discussions about global English on the meta-level have not been accompanied by a necessary reorientation in linguistic research: very little empirical work has so far been done on the most extensive contemporary use of English worldwide, namely English as a lingua franca.
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10. research perspectives on teaching english as a lingua franca
TL;DR: The presentation summarizes the empirical research into the lingua franca use of English, which has recently gathered considerable momentum, and sets this research in relation to other relevant work in descriptive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics for language pedagogy.
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Changing Contexts and Shifting Paradigms in Pronunciation Teaching
TL;DR: The history of pronunciation in English language teaching is a study in extremes as mentioned in this paper, and it seems clear that pronunciation deserves neither fate, either to be unfairly elevated to the central skill in language learning or banished to irrelevance.
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Opinion: Language Difference in Writing--Toward a Translingual Approach.
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Common ground and different realities: world Englishes and English as a lingua franca
TL;DR: The authors argue that the World Englishes paradigm and English as a lingua franca (ELF) research have much in common, including the pluricentric assumption that English belongs to all those who use it, and the sociolinguistic, socio-psychological, and applied linguistic implications of this assumption.