The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca

Author(s)

• Holmes, Prue
• Dervin, Fred

Bibliographic Information

The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca

edited by Prue Holmes and Fred Dervin

（Languages for intercultural communication and education, 29）

Multilingual Matters, c2016

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781783095087

Description

This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Authors discuss how 'culture' and the 'intercultural' can be understood, theorised and operationalised in ELF, and how the concepts can be integrated into formats of ELF-oriented learning and teaching. The various cultural connotations are also discussed (ideological, political, religious and historical) and whether it is possible to use and/or teach a lingua franca as if it were culturally neutral. The chapters consider the communication and pedagogical implications of the cultural and intercultural dimensions of ELF and offer suggestions for new directions in ELF research, pedagogy and curriculum development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction Part I: The Interconnections and Inter-relationships between Interculturality and ELF 1. Karen Risager: Lingua Francas in a World of Migrations 2. Richard Fay, Nicos Sifakis and Vally Lytra: Interculturalities of English as a Lingua Franca: International Communication and Multicultural Awareness in the Greek Context 3. Will Baker: Culture and Language in Intercultural Communication, English as a Lingua Franca and English Language Teaching: Points of Convergence and Conflict Part II: Grounding Conceptual Understandings of Interculturality in ELF Communication 4. Chris Jenks: Talking Cultural Identities into Being in ELF Interactions: An Investigation of International Postgraduate Students in the United Kingdom 5. Anne Kari Bjorge: Conflict Talk and ELF Communities of Practice 6. Jagdish Kaur: Intercultural Misunderstanding Revisited: Cultural Difference as a (Non) Source of Misunderstanding in ELF Communication 7. Tiina Raisanen: Finnish Engineers' Trajectories of Socialization into Global Working Life: From Language Learners to BELF Users and the Emergence of A Finnish Way of Speaking English 8. Eric Henry: The Local Purposes of a Global Language: English as Intracultural Communicative Medium in China Part III: Commentary John O'Regan: Intercultural Communication and the Possibility of English as a Lingua Franca

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781783095094

Description

This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Authors discuss how ‘culture’ and the ‘intercultural’ can be understood, theorised and operationalised in ELF, and how the concepts can be integrated into formats of ELF-oriented learning and teaching. The various cultural connotations are also discussed (ideological, political, religious and historical) and whether it is possible to use and/or teach a lingua franca as if it were culturally neutral. The chapters consider the communication and pedagogical implications of the cultural and intercultural dimensions of ELF and offer suggestions for new directions in ELF research, pedagogy and curriculum development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction                                                                                                   Part I: The Interconnections and Inter-relationships between Interculturality and ELF 1. Karen Risager: Lingua Francas in a World of Migrations                                                                               2. Richard Fay, Nicos Sifakis and Vally Lytra: Interculturalities of English as a Lingua Franca: International Communication and Multicultural Awareness in the Greek Context                         3. Will Baker: Culture and Language in Intercultural Communication, English as a Lingua Franca and English Language Teaching: Points of Convergence and Conflict                                                     Part II: Grounding Conceptual Understandings of Interculturality in ELF Communication 4. Chris Jenks: Talking Cultural Identities into Being in ELF Interactions: An Investigation of International Postgraduate Students in the United Kingdom                                                                               5. Anne Kari Bjørge: Conflict Talk and ELF Communities of Practice                                                            6. Jagdish Kaur: Intercultural Misunderstanding Revisited: Cultural Difference as a (Non) Source of Misunderstanding in ELF Communication                                                                                                    7. Tiina Räisänen: Finnish Engineers’ Trajectories of Socialization into Global Working Life: From Language Learners to BELF Users and the Emergence of A Finnish Way of Speaking English       8. Eric Henry: The Local Purposes of a Global Language: English as Intracultural Communicative Medium in China                                                                                                                       Part III: Commentary John O’Regan: Intercultural Communication and the Possibility of English as a Lingua Franca  

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Details

• NCID: BB21054100
• ISBN:
  • 9781783095087
  • 9781783095094
• LCCN: 2015036352
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 221 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P94.6
  • DC23 : 306.442/21
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Intercultural communication
  • LCSH : Multicultural education
  • LCSH : Lingua francas
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Variation
  • LCSH : Cross-cultural orientation
  • LCSH : Language and education
  • LCSH : Language and culture
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA53461763