English is not an only one: the development of the concept English as a lingua franca in a Language without Borders course

• Autor(a) principal: Bailer, Cyntia
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Debortoli, Luis Antonio, de Matos, Tiago, Berri, Ana Paula
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Letras (Santa Maria. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/letras/article/view/48477
• topic: Desenvolvimento de conceitos; Inglês como língua Franca; Programa Idiomas sem Fronteiras; Concept development; English as a lingua Franca; Language without Borders Program

This article aims to report the development of the concept of English as a lingua franca by five participants in a short-term face-to-face course taught by two pre-service teachers in the Languages without Borders Program at a public Brazilian municipal university. Two data collection instruments were used: responses to two quizzes applied during the course and a questionnaire applied later. In their discourses, the participants brought to light, to a certain extent, evidence of a critical understanding of the concepts of native speaker, imperialism, judgment of value, linguistic discrimination, empowerment, linguistic monitoring, linguistic variation and a focus on communicative practices.