Social Sciences
OPEN ACCESS
ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE IN XXI CENTURY
DOI
Crossref DOI
10.37547/tajssei/Volume04Issue01-02
tajssei
2022
VOL. 4
/ NO. 01
JANUARY
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Abstract
English is currently described in many different ways: as "world language", "global language", "lingua franca", "connected language", etc. This article highlights the role of English that is being taught from three perspectives, namely as a first or native language (L1), a second language (L2), as a foreign language (FL) and some challenges as a global language.
RESEARCH TOPICS
Keywords
English
global language
SOURCES & SCHOLARSHIP
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