"They can achieve their aims without native skills in the field of work or studies": Hungarian students' views on English as lingua franca

• Authors: Edit H. Kontra , Kata Csizer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the potential offered by complexity theories for understanding language learners’ sense of self and attempts to show how the self might usefully be conceived of as a complex dynamic system. Rather than presenting empirical findings, the article discusses existent research on the self and aims at outlining a conceptual perspective that may inform future studies into the self and possibly other individual learner differences. The article concludes by critically considering the merits of a complexity perspective but also reflecting on the challenges it poses for research.

Keywords

EN

English as a lingua franca; EFL users; native and non-native speakers; ELF awareness; native varieties

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 135-152

Dates

cover

2011-04

Contributors

author

Edit H. Kontra

• Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest

author

Kata Csizer

• Eotvos :orand University, Budapest

Identifiers

ISSN

20-83-5205

DOI

10.14746/ssllt.2011.1.1.8