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Promoting Awareness of Englishes and ELF in the English Language Classroom

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International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

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Research on ELT textbooks has repeatedly shown that materials have traditionally tended to focus on ‘established’ and standard representations of language, most often presenting British — and to a certain extent American — Standard varieties as the sole valid exemplifications of the English language, failing ‘to acknowledge the increased use of English among non-native speakers of English’ (Matsuda 2012a: 171). This approach has contributed to the promotion of a simplified monolithic view of the English language; furthermore, given the diversification brought about by the spread of English at a global level, it has been argued (e.g. McKay 2002, 2003; Matsuda 2003, 2012b; Seidlhofer 2004, 2011; Dewey and Leung 2010) that such an approach does not adequately prepare learners for the dynamic variety and plurality they will meet as English users.

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Lopriore, L., Vettorel, P. (2015). Promoting Awareness of Englishes and ELF in the English Language Classroom. In: Bowles, H., Cogo, A. (eds) International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137398093_2

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