TY - BOOK ID - 9992531 TI - Misunderstandings in English as a Lingua Franca PY - 2013 VL - 1 SN - 3110286513 1306091756 9781306091756 9783110288599 3110288591 9783110288605 3110288605 9783110286519 PB - de Gruyter Mouton DB - UniCat KW - English language -- East Asia -- Errors of usage. KW - English language -- East Asia. KW - English language -- South Asia -- Errors of usage. KW - English language -- South Asia. KW - English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. KW - English language KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Language KW - Errors of usage KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Engelse taal KW - Engels voor anderstaligen KW - Engels als lingua franca KW - Zuid-Azië KW - fouten in het taalgebruik KW - Oost-Azië KW - didactiek KW - anderstaligen KW - Errors of usage. KW - Foreign speakers. KW - Engels voor anderstaligen. KW - Engels als lingua franca. KW - fouten in het taalgebruik. KW - anderstaligen. KW - Fouten in het taalgebruik. KW - Didactiek KW - Anderstaligen. KW - Variation KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9992531 AB - This book explores the nature and causes of misunderstandings in ELF interactions. It is based on a corpus of conversations between English speakers from south and east Asia that helps us investigate what causes misunderstandings, particularly the pronunciation, grammar, word choice, and discourse. The book also considers how such misunderstandings may be signalled and repaired. Finally, it discusses the implications for teaching English around the world and offers guidance to teachers in enabling their students to become highly intelligible. ER -