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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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English in Europe: A research bibliography
- 2024
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In: World Englishes. - : Wiley. - 0883-2919 .- 1467-971X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This research bibliography lists some of the most important scholarly work on Englishes in mainland Europe and on English in the European Union. The bibliography comprises books, journal articles, book chapters, and doctoral dissertations, concerned with pan-European issues. It is intended that this bibliography will provide a useful starting point for continuing research on this topic for the years to come.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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EU language policy under review
- 2022
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In: European Journal of Language Policy. - : Liverpool University Press. - 1757-6822 .- 1757-6830. ; 14:2, s. 249-267
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The challenges caused by the dominance of English in many domains across the European Union (EU), the lack of a viable programme to promote plurilingualism, as well as the problematic nature of having three procedural languages, are scrutinised against the call for Europe to come to terms with its language policy. Issues such as official EU standards for documentation, as well as school guidelines for language education, are investigated from the perspective of envisioning a sanctioned second-language variety of European English. The increased use of English in higher education as a result of Erasmus+ is brought forward as an example of the EU providing funds to support English at the expense of all other indigenous European languages. Moreover, the current order of allowing standard British English special status is criticised as a position which acts as an obstacle to European identity building. It is argued that recognising the importance of the ongoing nativisation processes currently taking place in the use of L2 English in the EU can pave the way for the citizens of the EU to take responsibility for the forms and functions which English will have for mainland Europe. Here, the goal of language learning to facilitate European and global cross-cultural communication is explored, as is the claim that a rendition of a European variety of English bolsters the prospects of identity formation in the EU.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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Identity and standards for English as a European Union lingua franca
- 2024
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In: World Englishes. - : Wiley. - 0883-2919 .- 1467-971X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article addresses, from an applied linguistics perspective, the position English maintains among the myriad of languages spoken in the European Union (EU). The linguistic make-up of EU society, as well as the language policy of the Union, is scrutinised. The role English is playing in European unification is also important for the discussion, as is the call for a re-evaluation of the norms deployed in English language teaching. The linguistic nativisation currently taking place in mainland Europe, which indicates that English is functioning more as an Outer Circle rather than as an Expanding Circle language, is juxtaposed with these developments.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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Introduction: English in Europe
- 2024
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In: World Englishes. - : Wiley. - 0883-2919 .- 1467-971X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The European Union, with slightly >1% of the population having English as a mother tongue, is experiencing a surge in the importance of English as an additional language among its citizenries. This has economic, pedagogical, political as well as sociocultural implications. In this special issue on Europe, with reporting on the current state of the English language in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, as well as Switzerland, which is not an EU member, there is deliberation on differing national approaches to the dissemination of English. The issue also includes a discussion of Europe with reference to applied linguistics and European identity. What is commonly shared among all the nations of Europe, and reported on in these articles, is that the acquisition and use of English across numerous domains continues to expand throughout the whole of the European Union.
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- Modiano, Marko
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Responses to comments
- 2017
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In: World Englishes. - : Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - 0883-2919 .- 1467-971X. ; 36:3, s. 363-366
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The article focuses on the development of a framework for the teaching and learning of English and acknowledges the status of English as European and global lingua franca. It mentions the effectiveness of historical shifts in the English language teaching (ELT) procedures. It also states the role of diversity and cross-cultural communicative competence in Europeanization of the English language.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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The future of British English in the European Union
- 2023
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In: English Today. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0266-0784 .- 1474-0567. ; 39:2, s. 149-154
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the three years and seven months between the referendum on 23 June 2016 and 31 January 2020, when the UK officially left the European Union, there was much speculation over what status English would have in the EU after the withdrawal of the UK. It is now apparent that English has continued to flourish. This is supported by statistics for Member States which chart the extent to which English is a school subject. Well over 95% of the children in the EU are taught English as a mandatory subject. Official EU figures also show that 38% of the population is proficient in English as a second language, three times more than both French and German (Special Eurobarometer 386: Europeans and their Languages, 2012). Moreover, although some, such as Danuta Hübner, EMP, wanted to question whether or not English could maintain its status as an official language in the EU, it is now apparent that it will not be possible to remove English in this respect (with changes requiring a unanimous vote in the Council, which Ireland has said it will not support [European Commission, 2016]), (The Guardian 27 December 2019). English has also retained its position as one of the three ‘procedural’ or ‘working languages’ alongside French and German. This has taken place despite the fact that without the UK, no Member State has English as its official EU language, and only approximately one percent of EU citizens have English as a mother tongue.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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The vicissitudes of bilingualism and plurilingualism in the European Union
- 2023
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In: Journal of european studies. - : SAGE. - 0047-2441 .- 1740-2379. ; 53:1, s. 53-69
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Starting with the early twentieth century, the shifts in what languages mainland Europeans have as additional languages are described and analysed. Historical events, such as World War II, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, as well as the ramifications of globalization, are taken into consideration, as are the implications of Brexit for the role English maintains as Europe’s primary universal language. Declines in French, German and Russian as the first additional language are observed. Comparisons are made of the resources required for a language to challenge English as Europe’s primary lingua franca. It is found that the patterns which emerge over time, with few exceptions, result in the increased importance of English in all of the Member States of the European Union. Moreover, the rise of L2 English in the European Union has caused mainland Europeans to be more likely to become bilingual rather than plurilingual, something contrary to European Union policy.
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- Modiano, Marko
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EIL, Native-speakerism, and the Failure of European ELT
- 2009
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In: English as an International Language. - : Multilingual Matters, Cleavdon, UK. - 9781847691224 ; , s. 58-77
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Discussion of the development of English as an international language in Europe against the backdrop of plurilingualism and monoculturalization. The Development of Euro-English, and policy making in the European Union.
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- Modiano, Marko, 1953-
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English in a Post-Brexit European Union
- 2017
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In: World Englishes. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0883-2919 .- 1467-971X. ; 36:3, s. 313-327
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article speculates about the possible effects of the Brexit process on the status andfunctions of English in the European Union (EU). One issue here is whether Brexit will result in theweakening of the status of English within the Union, or whether this process will, ironically, strengthen thepower of English as the principal working language of the EU, as well as the primary L2 among Europeans.One possibility here is that the exit of Britain from the Union will clear the sociolinguistic space for theemergence of an authentic European English, used by members of the EU as a ‘second language’ or (even)a quasi-Outer Circle English, serving the needs of the European Union as the common link language foradministration and cooperation between member states.
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