At the root of the dilemmas of national integration in Nigeria is the country’s search for a lingua franca. No doubt, in a plural and deeply divided society like Nigeria, a national language is seen as unifying symbol. The thrust of this paper therefore is an in-depth analysis of the politics of using language as mechanism for national integration cum the accompanying problems. The paper also c...

This paper uncovers L1 Chinese speakers' online intercultural communication where they deploy English as a lingua franca and other spatial repertoires to co-construct translanguaging practices with their interlocutors present three-fold identities - translingual, Chinese, legitimate users of English, leading the argument that non-native speakers play agentive roles in shaping trends globalisati...

The permeating use of English promotes a contact language among people from multicultural backgrounds called as Lingua Franca (ELF). Pre-service teachers going to the teaching practice thus need be aware ELF trends engage with their students in classroom. This study seeks explore awareness pre-service assessing students' speaking assessment. Twenty three geographically different universities we...

Primates in the laboratory often perform tasks that involve discrimination of pictures shown on computer screens. It is not clear, however, if they perceive the pictures as symbolic representations of real objects. In this study we tested the ability of two monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to categorize pictures on a computer screen. The pictures were photographs of objects from 17 categories, which we...

In the global debates on English as international lingua franca or as ‘killer language’, the adoption of English as medium of instruction in Higher Education is raising increasing concern. Plurilingualism and multilingualism are embedded in the official policies of the European Union and Council of Europe, and the Bologna Process for harmonizing Higher Education promises ‘proper provision for l...