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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_as_a_lingua_francaEnglish as a lingua franca - Wikipedia

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   English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" [1] [2] and can be understood as "any use of English among speakers of different first languages for whom English is the communicative medium of choice and often the only option".

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3. app.fluentize.com › blog › english-lingua-francaEnglish as a Lingua Franca & Its Significance In Teaching

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   Apr 27, 2024 · English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) means people from different countries using English to communicate. Picture a Brazilian chatting with a Japanese person, both using English to understand each other. That’s ELF in action. It’s not about speaking perfect English like a native speaker from the UK or the USA.

4. www.europeanproceedings.com › article › 10On The Study Of English As A Lingua Franca: Challenges And ...

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   May 2, 2021 · The study of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), that is the language used for communication between non-native speakers outside the borders of the countries where it has an official status as a national language, is acquiring undeniable significance for understanding its development trends.

5. www.ucl.ac.uk › culture-online › case-studies‘English is often considered the de facto global language...

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   Mar 22, 2022 · Throughout recorded history, a number of languages have served as most important for communication across cultural and linguistic barriers. The term lingua franca (free language) describes languages systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a first language.

6. www.lingomagazine.co.uk › article › language-andThe Language Taking Over the World: English as a Lingua Franca

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   Jan 26, 2024 · As the English language clings onto its lingua franca status, what does this mean for the rest of the world? Is English a threat to other languages? Or is its growth an inevitable effect of globalisation? Emma Burnett discusses.

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   Apr 11, 2018 · English as a lingua franca is today used in many domains across many different ethnic groups, nation states and regions, and it is steadily becoming more important as a default language in many parts of Asia. As a lingua franca, English is also the first truly global language in history.

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   Is English a lingua franca?

   • In other parts of the world, there are other languages that have served and continue to serve as a lingua franca, for example, Swahili in southern Africa. What is unique about English in contrast to the languages discussed above is that English is a truly global lingua franca – the language most widely spoken throughout the world.

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   What is English as a lingua franca (ELF)?

   • The study of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), that is the language used for communication between non-native speakers outside the borders of the countries where it has an official status as a national language, is acquiring undeniable significance for understanding its development trends.

   On The Study Of English As A Lingua Franca: Challenges And Perspectives

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   Is English a lingua franca interaction?

   • This allegation will be examined with reference to an extensive body of research on the nature of English as lingua franca interactions, which clearly documents that such interactions are both successful and systematically different from native English use in certain linguistic domains.

   The Impact of English as a Global Lingua Franca on Intercultural

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   What is a lingua franca?

   • A lingua franca – the term is often said to derive from Arabic lisan al farang (which originally meant “the Italian language”) – in its original meaning was simply an intermediary or contact language used, for instance, by speakers of Arabic with travellers from Western Europe.

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   Is English a lingua franca of contemporary communication?

   • The findings obtained within the framework of Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics contain theoretical analyses and empirical data proving the fact that English as a Lingua Franca of contemporary communication has gained its significance as an object of research.

   On The Study Of English As A Lingua Franca: Challenges And Perspectives

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   What is an example of a lingua franca?

   • The most important modern example is English, which is the current dominant lingua franca of international diplomacy, business, science, popular culture, technology and aviation, but many other languages serve, or have served at different historical periods, as a lingua franca in particular regions, countries, or in special contexts.

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9. www.babbel.com › en › magazineHow And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua ...

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   Jun 20, 2017 · A lingua franca is a second language that people from different countries have in common, and it makes international communication possible. It might seem like a given that English is the world’s lingua franca, but how did it get to be that way and whatever happened to French?