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English as a Lingua Franca

By Luke Prodromou

English as a Lingua Franca Social Sciences

English as a Lingua Franca

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Using a corpus of data drawn from naturally-occurring second language conversations, this book explores the role of idiomaticity in English as a native language, and its comparative role in English as a lingua franca. Through examining how idiomaticity enables first language learners to achieve a greater degree of fluency, the book explores why idiomatic language poses such a challenge for users of English as a lingua franca. The book puts forward a new definition of competence and fluency within the context of English as a lingua franca, concluding with an analysis of practical implications for the lingua franca classroom. This in-depth study of English language learning using corpus data will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and corpus linguistics and to teachers of English as an international lingua franca.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
310
Release Date:
2008-03-06
Publication Date:
2008-01-06
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826497756
ISBN13:
9780826497758
Weight:
631 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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