English as an Academic Lingua Franca

An Investigation of Form and Communicative Effectiveness
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-027914-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF]

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.

Zielgruppe

Customers Content Teachers (and Students), Decision and Policy Makers with the Responsibility to Prepare Language Policies and Curricula in Higher Education, Language Teachers who Provide English for Specific Purposes (ESO)/English for Academic Purposes (ESP) training.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Björkman, Beyza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Über Autor(innen)

Beyza Björkman, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and Stockholm University, Sweden.