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

Problems Related to the Concept of Lingua Franca

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

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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.

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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.

Anahtar kelimeler: English as a lingua franca, Power structures