Teaching through ELF at international post-secondary institutions. A case study at United World Colleges

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Teaching through ELF at international post-secondary institutions. A case study at United World Colleges
Original language description
This chapter summarizes the results of a study focussed on the use of English at the United World Colleges (UWCs), i.e. globally based, pre-university schools educating students from over 140 countries through the medium of English (Content and LanguageIntegrated Learning; CLIL). We report results of questionnaire surveys distributed among UWC students and teachers and direct observations of teaching practices. The analysis of the results reveals that due to the linguistically and culturally liberal school culture, written and unwritten language policies and classroom techniques employed by both teachers and students, UWC students possess a high a level of linguistic awareness (LA) and linguistic sensitivity. We explore what attitudes to language useand (non)-native speakers and other factors foster the overall efficient use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in this international multilingual setting. Finally, pedagogical implications of our findings and their applicability at othe
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca: pedagogical insights
ISBN
978-1-137-39807-9
Number of pages of the result
17
Pages from-to
159-175
Number of pages of the book
212
Publisher name
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Hampshire
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