TY - BOOK AU - Smit,Ute TI - English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Classroom Discourse T2 - Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL] , SN - 9783110205190 AV - P51 .S536 2010eb U1 - 420.141 22/ger PY - 2010///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - English language KW - Foreign countries KW - Discourse analysis KW - Language and language KW - Study and teaching KW - Language and languages KW - Second language acquisition KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - Classroom Discourse KW - English KW - Language Teaching N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; List of abbreviations --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Conceptual considerations --; Chapter 3. Research methodology and study design --; Chapter 4. An ethnographic account of the study site --; Chapter 5. Classroom interaction ‘under repair’ --; Chapter 6. Directives in aid of classroom organization and educational talk --; Chapter 7. Interactive explaining as negotiating knowledge --; Chapter 8. Synthesis --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - With English-medium higher education burgeoning in Europe and elsewhere outside the English-speaking world, this book is the first to offer an ethnographically-embedded analysis of such classroom discourse by taking cognizance of English functioning as a lingua franca (ELF) in international student groups. By virtue of investigating one such educational programme in its entirety, the study also enlarges the present knowledge on ELF discourse as it offers novel insights into the interactional dynamics that shape and develop an educational community of practice UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110215519 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110215519 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110215519/original ER -