English as an Academic Lingua Franca : : An Investigation of Form and Communicative Effectiveness / / Beyza Björkman.

As a result of globalization, higher education institutions throughout the world are adopting English for parts of their education. Higher education is becoming increasingly international and thus linguistically diverse, for educational, idealistic and financial reasons. This book presents a much-ne...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] , 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (263 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Previous research on ELF
  • Chapter 3: Exploring an academic ELF setting in Sweden: The site
  • Chapter 4: Operating in a Swedish ELF site
  • Chapter 5: Theoretical and practical implications
  • Chapter 6: Looking ahead
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index