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English as a lingua franca: Prof. Jennifer Jenkins’ talk

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Second language education group series, University of Cambridge, 22 Feb, 2016 Back in the 80’s, researching English spoken by non native speakers was considered as a waste of time: what is the point in researching “bad” English? In the early days, it was language ideologies and attitudes, mutual intelligibility, speech and accommodation theory, and the early … Read more

From EFL to EMI

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There is a fast-moving worldwide shift from English being taught as a foreign language (EFL) to English being the medium of instruction (EMI) for academic subjects” (Dearden, 2014, p. 2). Dearden, J. (2014). English as a medium of instruction-a growing global phenomenon: Phase 1. London: British Council.

#CFP CLS12: Corpus studies at the lexis-grammar interface NEW deadline March 10

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CLS12 will take place on Saturday 2 April 2016 at Edge Hill University. The focus of CLS12 is the interaction of lexis and grammar. The focus is influenced by Halliday’s view of lexis and grammar as “complementary perspectives” (1991: 32), and his conception of the two as notional ends of a continuum (lexicogrammar), in that … Read more