Skip to main content

A Role for English as Lingua Franca in the Foreign Language Classroom?

  • Chapter
Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Antón M, DiCamilla F (1998) Socio-cognitive functions of L1 collaborative interaction in the L2 classroom. Canadian Modern Language Review 54: 314–42

    Google Scholar 

  • Butzkamm W (2003) We only learn language once. The role of the mother tongue in FL classrooms: Death of a dogma. Language Learning Journal 28: 29–39

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Caldwell J (1990) Analysis of the theoretical and experimental support forCarl Dodson’s bilingual method. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 11:459–79

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cenoz J, Jessner U (2000) English in Europe. The Acquisition of a Third Language.Multilingual Matters, Clevedon

    Google Scholar 

  • Cook V (2001) Using the first language in the classroom. Canadian Modern Language Review 57(3): 314–342

    Google Scholar 

  • Crystal D (1997) English as a Global Language. Cambridge University Press,Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Dodson CJ (1972) Language Teaching and the Bilingual Method, 2nd edn. Pitman, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Ellis R (1994) The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford University Press,Oxford

    Google Scholar 

  • Firth A (1990) ‘Lingua franca’ negotiations: Towards an interactional approach. World Englishes, 9(3): 269–280

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Graddol D (1997) The Future of English? British Council, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Graddol D (1999) The decline of the native speaker. In: Graddol D, Meinhof U (eds)English in a Changing World. AILA Review 13: 57–68

    Google Scholar 

  • Harbord J (1992) The use of the mother tongue in the classroom. English Language Teaching Journal 46, 4: 350–355

    Google Scholar 

  • House J (2002a) Communicating in English as a lingua franca. In:Foster-Cohen S, Ruthenberg T, Poschen M-L (eds) EUROSLA Yearbook 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, pp 243–261

    Google Scholar 

  • House J (2002b) Pragmatic competence in lingua franca English. In: Knapp K, MeierkordC (eds) Lingua Franca Interaction. Lang, Frankfurt/Main, pp 245-267

    Google Scholar 

  • James A (2000) English as a European lingua franca. In: Cenoz J, Jessner U (eds) English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, pp 22–38

    Google Scholar 

  • Jenkins J (2000) The Phonology of English as an International Language. Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Google Scholar 

  • Labrie N, Quell C (1997) Your language, my language or English. The potential language choice in communication among nationals of the European Union. World Englishes 16: 3–26

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Meierkord C (2000) Interpreting successful lingua franca interaction. An analysis of nonnative/ non-native small talk conversations in English. Linguistik Online5, 1/00, www.linguistik-online.de/1_00/ [accessed 23.08.05]

    Google Scholar 

  • Meierkord C, Knapp K (2002) Approaching lingua franca communication. In: Knapp K, Meierkord C (eds) Lingua Franca Communication. Lang, Frankfurt/Main, pp9–28

    Google Scholar 

  • Oxford RL (1990) Language Learning Strategies. Heinle and Heinle, Boston, Massachusetts

    Google Scholar 

  • Platt E, Brooks FB (1994) The ‘acquisition-rich environment’ revisited. Modern Language Journal 78(4): 497–511

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seidlhofer B (2002) Habeas corpus and divide et impera: ‘Global English’ and Applied Linguistics. In: Spelman Miller K, Thompson P (eds) Unity and Diversity in Language Use, BAAL/Continuum, London/New York, pp 198–217

    Google Scholar 

  • Skehan P (1989) Individual Differences in Second-language Learning.Edward Arnold, London/New York

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Ife, A. (2008). A Role for English as Lingua Franca in the Foreign Language Classroom?. In: Soler, E.A., Jordà, M.S. (eds) Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5639-0_5

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics