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

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

Aicha Rahal
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781799812197|ISBN10: 1799812197|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799812203|EISBN13: 9781799812210
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch004
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Rahal, Aicha. "English as a Lingua Franca: Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice." International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap, edited by Cristina-Aránzazu Huertas-Abril and María Elena Gómez-Parra, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 54-65. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch004

APA

Rahal, A. (2020). English as a Lingua Franca: Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice. In C. Huertas-Abril & M. Gómez-Parra (Eds.), International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap (pp. 54-65). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch004

Chicago

Rahal, Aicha. "English as a Lingua Franca: Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice." In International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap, edited by Cristina-Aránzazu Huertas-Abril and María Elena Gómez-Parra, 54-65. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch004

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Abstract

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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