Lingua Franca - Program podcast Folgen

English is not a single language anymore but a packet of inter-related tongues, according to the Sri Lankan-born past president of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Suresh Canagarajah, who recommends giving up notions of having standardised norms of grammar and vocabulary, in favour of practices that take real account of the communication needs of all the people with their vast range of multilingual backgrounds now using English in the global context.

*** STOP PRESS!!! *** Congratulations to one of the team members – Kai-Xing Goh – awarded an honourable mention in the individual competition.

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