Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca

ISBN-13: 9781501515880 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 295 str.

Will Baker

Opis

This series welcomes book proposals detailing innovative and cutting edge research and theorisation in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of the series is to offer a wide forum for work on ELF, including aspects such as descriptions and analyses of ELF; ELF use in a range of domains including education (primary, secondary and tertiary), business, tourism; conceptual works challenging current assumptions about English use and usage; works exploring the implications of ELF for English language policy, pedagogy, and practice; and ELF in relation to global multilingualism.

The use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) on a global scale forces a reassessment of our understanding of the relationships between language, culture and identity in intercultural communication. This book outlines how we might conceive of this relationship in the fluid communicative practices of ELF, which leads to a revaluation of notions of intercultural competence and related pedagogic practices.

Recenzje

"In any event, the book constitutes a successful attempt to address the issue of intercultural communication in an ELF paradigm, and it will be interesting to see if the model it presents can or will be applied in other settings."
Fan (Gabriel) Fang in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2016

O autorze

Will Baker, University of Southampton, UK