Category Archives: Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA

Janglish which we should all start using

Posted on 15/01/2014 by alexcase

What I prefer to call Janglish is better known as Japlish, Japanese English or wasei eigo. The direct translation of the last term is “English made in Japan”, but a more correct explanation would be Japanese words and expressions made … Continue reading →

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Manchester City recommending BBC kids’ channel CBeebies to its foreign players

Posted on 05/11/2013 by alexcase

…although my only source for that is the Daily Mail, which might well mean that it’s been completely made up (rather than just slightly rewritten from PR press releases like many Guardian “articles”). Still, an interesting topic. I highly recommend … Continue reading →

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Are we avoiding talking about learning? (Why we really do what we do Part 5)

Posted on 18/10/2013 by alexcase

It’s recently struck me how many of the things us TEFL teachers say and write about our jobs, students and classes seem to have little or nothing to do with student learning. There are many examples of this on the … Continue reading →

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Proof of acceptance of English as a Lingua Franca?

Posted on 26/02/2013 by alexcase

The recorded announcements in the Heathrow Terminal 5 monorail have a distinct Eastern European accent, if one that is a lot easier to understand than most British accents would be (perhaps the reason for it?) Any other evidence for or against … Continue reading →

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British English which is not worth teaching

Posted on 29/01/2013 by alexcase

I’ve been writing about teaching have/ have got*, and despite using the form myself I’ve started with a strong recommendation to not teach “have got” if at all possible. It might be just because I haven’t taught in Europe for … Continue reading →

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The RP straw man

Posted on 04/10/2012 by alexcase

This point struck me again when I was reading Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Foreign Language by Robin Walker, which started as a much more balanced and practical view of that area but started to go downhill with … Continue reading →

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Me vs Vicki Hollett on functional language and ELF

Posted on 16/01/2012 by alexcase

I originally started writing up my questions about functional language as just a statement of the issues involved in this vital but tricky area of language, but as I was doing so I suddenly thought “Come to think of it, … Continue reading →

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English for Lingua Franca Purposes?

Posted on 06/01/2012 by alexcase

While reading Point and Counterpoint in the latest ELT Journal (what can I say, loooooong train journey), it occured to me that a lot of such silly debates on the topic could be ended by completely ignoring what English as a … Continue reading →

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Similarities between Konglish and Janglish

Posted on 27/09/2011 by alexcase

People who looked at the Konglish list I mentioned in my last post might have noticed how many of the words and phrases are marked “same in Japanese”. If English as a Lingua Franca does/ will exist, I would guess … Continue reading →

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Complete A to Z of Janglish (Japanese English)

Posted on 24/09/2011 by alexcase

PDF version for easy saving and printing: Janglish A to Z dictionary Worksheets for Japanese learners of English If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. The TEFLtastic Janglish – English Dictionary – Updated January 2014 Janglish, … Continue reading →

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