BAHASA, VARIETAS BAHASA, DAN VARIABEL-VARIABEL PENENTU PENGGUNAANNYA . Oleh I Nyoman Adi jaya Putra Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni UNDIKSHA Singaraja Jalan Jendral A. Yani 67 Singaraja 81116, Telp. 0362-21541 e-mail: ajp_undiksha@yahoo.com Language, Language Varieties, and Variables Determining Their Use ABSTRACT Almost every language has its own varieties. In any verbal interaction, the use of certain varieties is determined by such social variables as social status, age, sex, and education. Besides these social variables, there are also affecting factors such as psychological factor of the participant, geographical factor, and socio-cultural factor of a speech community. While communicating, a speaker uses a certain variety of a language in order to show his relative position or his relationship with his interlocutor. No single strategy is associated with the use of a certain variety of a language—whichever variety is used merely exhibits a speaker’s ve
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English as a Lingua Franca and Its Implications for Teaching English as a Foreign Language Tünde NAGY Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Miercurea Ciuc, Romania) Department of Humanities ngtunde@gmail com Abstract. The analysis of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has received considerable attention over the years There has been a lot of research done both on the morpho-syntactic properties of ELF interactions and the communication strategies used by ELF speakers in order to facilitate communication and avoid misunderstandings Given the fairly large number of findings, the question arises whether ELF should be introduced in the curriculum or replace EFL (English as a Foreign Language) I believe that although ELF data are significant and can benefit teaching English as a foreign language, they cannot replace EFL, especially because English as a lingua franca is primarily a communication tool and not a language variant Also, while there have been other models suggested as a