The English language has taken an active role in the post-method era, and now nature of teaching as a foreign or second been altered to incorporate variety critical constituents within its scope. To exemplify, concepts international language, world Englishes, pedagogy have started play crucial part English. In this connection, considering enhanced roles these L2 teaching, conceptual domains are...

This article suggests that in the investigation of World Englishes, which has tended to focus on syntactic, phonological and lexical preferences, analysis shifts word meanings (and meaning–form relations items) needs be incorporated. Exemplary small-scale studies show polysemic words certain varieties come prefer specific meanings, fields some begin forms over others. Based analyses different I...

This paper provides an analysis of discourse markers in English(es) spoken by Zanzibaris, using data from sociolinguistic interviews. The focus is on you know and I think. In English as a lingua franca (ELF), both have been shown to be used differently than ‘native’ speakers, especially marking subjectivity or speaker-centeredness. show similarities with ELF communication, that the express high...

In English language teaching (ELT) circles, the used in Philippines is traditionally labelled as ESL. However, that label, including attitudes and practices it brings, does not accurately capture complex situation country. this article, we argue education account for multilingual linguistically diverse context of use We monolingual perspectives approaches ELT continue to dominate field. Issues ...

Abstract English use in many short-term study abroad (STSA) contexts is often more fluid than its common representation language education. Based on such representation, students may develop perspectives towards effective as fixed standard norms. Experiences of communication during STSA help form new use, linked to Global Englishes (GE), which accounts for the fluidity global contexts. The form...

As English continues to spread as an international lingua franca, there is a growing diversity in its use around the world. result, are calls for embracing teaching, learning and assessment of language. At same time, criticism against widely taken language tests such Test Foreign Language (TOEFL) The International Testing System (IELTS) being guided by pervasive ideology monolingual native spea...