English as an Academic Lingua Franca

English as an Academic Lingua Franca
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9783110279542
ISBN-13 : 3110279541
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Book Synopsis English as an Academic Lingua Franca by : Beyza Björkman

Download or read book English as an Academic Lingua Franca written by Beyza Björkman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 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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