English as a Lingua Franca: Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice

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Author(s): Aicha Rahal (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 12
Source title: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Cristina-Aránzazu Huertas-Abril (University of Córdoba, Spain)and María Elena Gómez-Parra (University of Córdoba, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch004

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Linguistics / Literacy and Language Studies / Media & Communications

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English has occupied a unique place in today's interconnected world. The emergence of ELF opens questions revolving around the change of the teaching and learning habitus. Researchers point to the disparity between theory and practice in this new paradigm and the need for bridging gap between them. The suggested study tries to explore this problem. Its purpose is to reflect on new approaches, which go hand in hand with how English is currently being used, and how it can also be integrated in classrooms. It first presents the development of ELF. The monolingual view of language and language use and the plurilingual view are also highlighted. Then, the discussion will be turned to the central topic of the study. It focuses on approaches to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

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