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English Language and the changing linguistic landscape: new trends in ELT classrooms
Abdelrahman Abdalla Salih1, Holi Ibrahim Holi2.
The history of English Language Teaching (ELT) has shown that this fast growing field is facing
unprecedented challenges posed by the recent developments in the status of the English language
as a world’s leading language and the eventual change in the linguistic landscape. This paper
provides an opportunity to examine the impact of the phenomenal spread of English in recent years
and its eventual dominance in the international arena as seen in the practice of English Language
Teaching (ELT) and learning, particularly in English as a Second Language (ESL)/English as
Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The paper reports the implications of the recent growth of
English for crucial ELT practices and areas such as learner identity, code selection in classroom,
teaching methods, syllabus design and material development. It draws on issues pertaining to
English as a lingua franca theory in an attempt to address this debatable topic and consider the
necessity of taking into consideration the emerging trends in ELT classrooms globally.
Affiliation:
- Al-Zahra College for Women, Oman
- Rustaq College of Education, Oman
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