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Direct linkSowden, Colin – ELT Journal, 2012
In an effort to curtail native-speaker dominance of global English, and in recognition of the growing role of the language among non-native speakers from different first-language backgrounds, some academics have been urging the teaching of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Although at first this proposal seems to offer a plausible alternative to…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Official Languages
