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Foley, Joseph A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2007
The argument put forward here is that we are witnessing the emergence of a concept of English as a lingua franca, which creates a set of attitudes about correctness and in particular "grammatical correctness". The traditional "native-speaker" as final arbiter can only apply to English as a national language. It is the…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Global Approach
Foley, Joseph A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2005
This account of English in the formal education system in Thailand traces briefly its historical background and then looks at the teaching of English today. The country itself has quite a complex sociolinguistic context and in order to understand the teaching and learning of English, one must understand the basic tenets of the culture. From this…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Foreign Countries