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Kumiko Murata, "Exploring ELF in Japanese Academic and Business Contexts: Conceptualisation, research and pedagogic implications"
English | ISBN: 1138841072 | 2015 | 274 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book investigates the theoretical, empirical and pedagogical issues to help us better understand what is happening with English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) communication and to activate this knowledge in respective communicative contexts. It focuses specifically on Japanese contexts and also includes theoretical and practical sections pertinent to all ELF researchers, practitioners and students, irrespective of their national or regional differences. It further attempts to connect this new field of research to established fields of linguistics and applied linguistics such as communication, assessment and multilingualism by exploring them from an ELF perspective, which is challenging but essential for the development of the field. Exploring ELF in Japanese Academic and Business Contexts: includes chapters аbout: