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"The English School of International Relations: Historical Development" published on by Oxford University Press.

Over the past 15 years or so there has developed a school of thought within English language education and applied linguistics globally which refers to the phenomenon and use of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The thinking of ELF movement researchers has placed their work at the centre of current debates about the form, function and legitimacy of the English that is used by speakers from diverse linguacultural backgrounds when they are in interaction with one another. In this article, I intervene in the arguments of the ELF movement from the perspectives of Marxism, globalization theory and poststructuralism by means of an immanent critique. This shows that in the articulation of its discourse the ELF movement reifies and hypostatizes 'ELF' as a seemingly stable form, that in its ideology it exhibits an idealist rationalism which blinkers it to the political economy and class stratification of English in a globalized world, and that in its theory it combines a rationalist, positivist and objectivist epistemology with a transformationalist, postmodern and poststructuralist sensibility which is both incommensurable and undertheorized.

This article is dedicated to the borrowing and distribution of Russian words in English. The English vocabulary contains a significant number of words borrowed from the Russian language, which will require special English loanwords in Russian: 120 frequently used words. The Russian language is rich and powerful, and this very wealth is constantly growing. Moreover, often new words come from other languages. Today we will tell you about the most frequently used words of English origin in Russian. You will find that you already know over a hundred words in English without even studying them.

This thesis constitutes the first experimental study to investigate bilinguals' attitudes towards French and English in Manitoba, and it also the first of its kind in Canada to incorporate French-English code-switching as a linguistic variable. A total of 105 French-English bilinguals residing in Manitoba participated in a matched- and a verbal-guise test in which they evaluated the voices of several females using English, Manitoban French and code-switching, and also Manitoban, Quebec, European or Sub-Saharan African French on eight status and solidarity traits. Results from the matched-guise test show that participants hold positive attitudes towards the local French and English varieties, while mixed attitudes emerge towards code-switching. For instance, participants identifying as Franco-Manitobans find the English guise less intelligent and the code-switching guise more intelligent than those who do not identify as such, and older participants tend to perceive code-switching and English guises more successful and intelligent than younger participants. Contrary to previous attitudinal work in Manitoba (Hallion, 2011) and Quebec (Kircher, 2012) the verbal-guise test shows that not only participants hold more positive attitudes towards the endogenous French variety when it comes to solidarity traits, but also a preference for exogenous varieties only emerges for the intelligent trait. Overall, results suggest that recent political and social measures to promote the use of French in the province may be contributing to social attachment and prestige associated to local language varieties, whereas speakers of code-switching and other non-local French varieties are viewed more negatively compared to the former ones among bilinguals living in Manitoba. ; February 2021

Central to both the causes and development of the English revolution was the demand for reformation of the Church of England. The question of what shape this reform should take, however, divided English men and women. Debates over the further reformation of the Church of England were also complicated by the emergence of increasingly vocal and powerfully‐placed calls for freedom of religion, ranging from a limited toleration for a certain few to a broader liberty of conscience for all. This article looks at the debate surrounding liberty of conscience during the English revolution in 1644–5, but from a fresh angle: examining the context and rationale for the parliamentary ordered religious settlement of the English Atlantic colony of Bermuda in October of 1645. Integrating the fortunes of this Atlantic colony into the history of the English revolution reconfigures our understanding and analysis of revolutionary religion and politics.

"This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today"--

This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.

"This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today"--

Published Article ; The language of instruction in South Africa is currently an extremely controversial issue. As a result of South Africa's political history, English is almost always chosen as the language of instruction. However, in many cases, students have not been adequately exposed to English when they enter the Foundation Phase. This study reports on research conducted at an Ex-Model C (formerly privileged) primary school in South Africa where an immersion-type model is followed with English as the instructional language. The aim of the study was to explore the practices implemented by Foundation Phase teachers to teach students through the medium of English, and to ascertain how the school has managed to maintain a consistently high academic standard, despite the language difficulties of their students. The findings of the study can make a significant contribution when similar strategies are implemented in schools which are faced by challenges similar to those of the sample school.

Published Article ; The language of instruction in South Africa is currently an extremely controversial issue. As a result of South Africa's political history, English is almost always chosen as the language of instruction. However, in many cases, students have not been adequately exposed to English when they enter the Foundation Phase. This study reports on research conducted at an Ex-Model C (formerly privileged) primary school in South Africa where an immersion-type model is followed with English as the instructional language. The aim of the study was to explore the practices implemented by Foundation Phase teachers to teach students through the medium of English, and to ascertain how the school has managed to maintain a consistently high academic standard, despite the language difficulties of their students. The findings of the study can make a significant contribution when similar strategies are implemented in schools which are faced by challenges similar to those of the sample school.

Introduction: Social experiments with modernism -- The figure of the black modernist -- Making a show of discomposure: Contemporary Black Artists in America -- Local color and its discontents: the DeLuxe show -- Appendix: Raymond Saunders, Black is a color