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ERIC Number: EJ1246608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-0893
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Seven Principles for Writing Materials for English as a Lingua?Franca
Kiczkowiak, Marek
ELT Journal, v74 n1 p1-9 Jan 2020
The unprecedented rise of English to become a global lingua franca has sparked a growing academic interest with numerous research publications on global Englishes, English as a lingua franca, and English as an international language. Although this research has led to numerous informative findings concerning pronunciation, pragmatics, and intercultural communicative skills, many course books still present English as if it was primarily used to communicate with 'native speakers'. In addition, native speakerism, or the belief that 'native speakers' are not only better models but also better teachers of the language, is still widespread in ELT. As a result, this article aims to bridge the gap between the research and materials writing practice by suggesting seven research-based principles which can help materials writers not only write materials that are truly global and authentic, but also contribute to tackling native speakerism by addressing some of the discourses that support it.
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Language: English
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