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Teaching English as a lingua franca in China: Hindrances and prospects

English today, 2022-09, Vol.38 (3), p.185-193 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0266-0784 ;EISSN: 1474-0567 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000018

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  • Title:
    Teaching English as a lingua franca in China: Hindrances and prospects
  • Author: Yu, Xia ; Liu, Chengyu
  • Subjects: Chinese culture ; Chinese languages ; Communication ; Culture ; Education ; English as an international language ; Ideology ; Learning ; Linguistics ; Norms ; Pedagogy ; Students ; Teachers ; Teaching ; World Englishes
  • Is Part Of: English today, 2022-09, Vol.38 (3), p.185-193
  • Description: The last decade has witnessed a significant increase of research on English as a lingua franca (ELF) as today's world becomes progressively more globalized (Lei & Liu, 2018). However, studies on ELF in the Chinese contexts remain sparse although linguistic research in China has kept pace with the development of international linguistic academia. Moreover, many researchers studying ELF-informed teaching in China are either non-Chinese scholars or researchers working in countries other than China (Si, 2019). In other words, this newly emerged field of research has not yet been widely embraced by Chinese scholars, nor its paradigm has been promoted in English education while traditional native-English-based teaching has been challenged and initiatives have been taken to promote English education within the ELF paradigm in many countries in the expanding circle (see e.g., Sifakis & Tsantila, 2019). In this paper, we address the issue through identifying various hindrances to teaching ELF in Chinese classroom and analyzing the factors leading to the difficulties and problems with implementing the ELF-informed teaching in Chinese context. Following this, we explore the prospects for taking advantage of the pedagogical value of ELF research in the foreseeable future.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0266-0784
    EISSN: 1474-0567
    DOI: 10.1017/S0266078421000018
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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