English as a lingua franca in teacher education a Brazilian perspective edited by Telma Gimenez, Michele Salles El Kadri, Luciana Cabrini Simões Calvo.
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TextSeries: Developments in English as a lingua franca ; 10.Publisher: [Berlin] De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (vi, 236 pages ): some color illustrationsISBN: 9781501503856; 1501503855; 1501511777; 9781501511776; 9781501503795; 1501503790Subject(s): Brazil | English language -- Study and teaching -- Brazil | Teachers -- Training of -- Brazil | English language -- Globalization | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | English language -- Globalization | English language -- Study and teaching | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / GeneralGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 420.71/181 LOC classification: PE1068.B6 | E467 2018Online resources: EBSCOhost Summary: A lingua franca perspective into English language teaching in Brazil has only recently take flight. As an emerging economy, the country faces enormous challenges when it comes to language education in schools, where English has traditionally been taught as a foreign language. This collection brings the perspectives of academics and language practitioners in their efforts to incorporate an ELF approach into teacher education, thus offering a voice sorely missed in the international community interested in developing new approaches to English in a global world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A lingua franca perspective into English language teaching in Brazil has only recently take flight. As an emerging economy, the country faces enormous challenges when it comes to language education in schools, where English has traditionally been taught as a foreign language. This collection brings the perspectives of academics and language practitioners in their efforts to incorporate an ELF approach into teacher education, thus offering a voice sorely missed in the international community interested in developing new approaches to English in a global world.
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