Labels and realities: the relevance of terms like esl and efl in a linguistically complex world

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  • who: from the National University of Singapore, Singapore have published the research: Labels and Realities: The Relevance of Terms like ESL and EFL in a Linguistically Complex World, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

    ELT practitioners may conveniently refer to students from places like China, Vietnam and Thailand as EFL students. Interestingly, the authors find counterparts of such terms in ‘World Englishes' studies; Braj Kachru's ‘Inner Circle English', ‘Outer Circle English' and ‘Expanding Circle English' essentially refer to ENL ESL and EFL respectively. The term ‘ENL' or ‘native speakers of English' seems straightforward . . .

     

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