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Terminological Tussles: Taking Issue with 'English as an Additional Language' and 'Languages Other than English'
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Cunningham, Clare – Power and Education, 2019
The field of English language teaching and learning has long been full of a plethora of acronyms and terms. Those terms that relate to languages and users of languages that are not those privileged or dominant in any given context should be subject to particular scrutiny. The author argues that labels applied to individuals and less dominant…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Ambiguity (Semantics)