Sökning: "English as a Lingua Franca ELF"

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  1. 1. WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU USE ENGLISH AT WORK? A STUDY OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN CHINA

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Huan Luo; [2023-02-17]
    Nyckelord :English; English as a lingua franca; ELF; intercultural communication; workplace; multinational corporations; MNCs; China;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigated when Chinese business professionals use English as a lingua franca to communicate in the workplace, what changes, and why and how the changes happen. 14 respondents who had Chinese as L1 and English as at least one of their working languages participated in the open-ended questions survey. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Is it enough to be understood? A study of teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom

    L3-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Författare :Martin Silva; [2023]
    Nyckelord :accents; teacher attitudes; pronunciation; English as a lingua franca; World Englishes; nativelikeness; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom. The central theoretical base for this study is English as a lingua franca (ELF), which proposes that intelligibility is the key to communication in English between people from different backgrounds. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Englishes och kulturell representation i en EFL-lärobok

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Författare :Leila Chaar; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Content Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; Cultural Representation; Discourse Analysis; EFL; ELF; English language; Englishes; ESL; Mixed Methodology; Qualitative analysis; Quantitative analysis; Textbook Analysis; Diskursanalys; EFL; ELF; Engelska språket; Englishes; ESL; Innehållsanalys; Kritisk diskursanalys CDA ; Kvalitativ metod; Kvantitativ metod; Kulturell representation; Läromedelsanalys; Mixad metod;

    Sammanfattning : I syfte att undersöka föreställningar om det engelska språket och kulturer i läroboken Solid Gold 1 genomfördes en innehållsanalys med mixad metod bestående av kvantitativ och kvalitativ analys. Teorier och begrepp ur diskursanalys och kritisk diskursanalys (CDA) användes som tolkningsverktyg i den kvalitativa analysen. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Alva Liljegren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Language attitudes; Verbal guise; ELF; ELT; World Englishes; Sweden.;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. LÄS MER

  7. 5. English Can Be Efficient within Swedish Business, Although Code Shifting Often Appears : A Study of English as a Lingua Franca in a Business Context at a Swedish Company

    Kandidat-uppsats, Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Författare :Sandra Verrone; [2023]
    Nyckelord :English as a lingua franca ELF ; business English as lingua franca BELF ; semi-structured interviews; code shifting; native languages; foreign languages; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to explore how the application of Business English as a Lingua Franca (BELF) is perceived among the employees at a chosen company, exploring to what extent BELF is used, and identifying opportunities and challenges of BELF. Using a qualitative research methodology conducted through semi-structured interviews, consisting of six participants, the study delves into the usage of BELF in a bigger Swedish company, how the employees experience it, and what factors matter for its outcome. LÄS MER