Starting from English’s international character and Widdowson’s statement referring to no possible claim and ‘custody’ over this language, I have tried to underline a teacher of English as a modern language’s position. The difference between L1 – English as a native language (ENL) and English as lingua franca (EFL) has led to some new aspects that implied a change of attitude as to the place ELF is alloted in the description alongside ENL. Teaching English as a modern language imposes a global vision of the process.

Keywords:

English, language, native language, statement, position, lingua franca

Pages:

54-55

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Type:

Research Sheet

Field:

Applied Linguistics

Topic:

Teaching a Foreign Language

UDC:

811.111(072)

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.495085

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