Journals / Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi / 2012 / Cilt: 29 - Sayı: 1

The Fifth International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca Problems Related to the Concept of Lingua Franca

Problems Related to the Concept of Lingua Franca

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Abstract

Problems related to the concept of ‘Lingua Franca’ are discussed. The need to disassociate English as the lingua franca of the era from unilateral transactions protecting the choices of the present power structure is stressed.

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Problems related to the concept of ‘Lingua Franca’ are discussed. The need to disassociate English as the lingua franca of the era from unilateral transactions protecting the choices of the present power structure is stressed.

Keywords: English as a lingua franca, Power structures