analysis

data inizio schedatura:12-10-06  data fine schedatura:13-10-06
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AUTORE:GRADDOL    TITOLO:ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA
CASA EDITRICE:THE ENGLISH COMPANY         CITTà CASA EDITRICE:UK
ANNO PUBBLICAZIONE:2006

notions:
-lingua franca-is a language that it is used to communicate between people of different languages.
-global english-the english language in a global level.
-native speaker-a person that has learned a language naturally.
-bilingual speaker-person that use two language in a good way.
-mother tongue-is the language that people learned first.

index:
-the needs and aspirations to communicate between non native speakers.
-studies on non-native speakers.
-the way to approach should be recontrolled.
-intellegibility:the most important feature.
-to create a LFC.
-target of ELF.
-how native speakers use english.
-ELF could change the future. 

first part:
-the author would that i believe:now english language can be seen as a lingua franca,english could reflect the needs
of a non-native speaker.
-justifications:a non-native speaker have the need to communicate and then we need of a lingua franca.
-it is possible to object:not all non-native speakers use english language to communicate with others non-native speakers.

second part:
-the author would that i believe:there are many serious studies and organizations on the teaching of english
as a lingua franca.
-justifications:there are organizations as vienna-oxford international corpus of english

third part:
-the author would that i believe:the way to approach to english as lingua franca isn't correct.
-justifications:in teaching english there are others priorities.
-it is possible to object:the conventional approaches could be better for others people.

fourth part:
-the author would that i believe:in teaching english aren' t teach the priorities as intelligibility.
-justifications:there are problems of understanding.
-it is possible to object:there isn't a standard pronunciation and then these features can not be problems.

fifth parth:
-the author would that i believe:it is important to identify a lingua franca core as it should be.

sixth part:
-the author would that i believe:the model of english isn't a native speaker but a fluent bilingual.
-justifications:a fluent bilingual can negotiate meaning with another non native speaker.
-it is possible to object:a non native-speaker can not understand a bilingual speaker.

seventh part:
-the author would that i believe:not all non-native speakers use english well in communication.

eighth part:
-the author would that i believe:english lingua franca can influence the future because english has a great
prestige.
-justifications:if some person use these ideas,the teaching in the future could change.
-it is possible to object:ELF could remain an utopia,and in a future could became another language a lingua franca.

analysis of the text:
i am agree with the ideas of Graddol especially for two points:firstly when the author speak about teaching
and he said that there are others priorities,in teaching english as a lingua franca,as the intelligibility.
secondly,when the author said that the conventional approaches should be changed.
furthermore i think that to change the way to teach won' t be simple because there are too people that continue 
to use conventional approaches.
i' m surprise by the affirmation that a native speaker use a bad english in international communication but
finally,after a long reflection, i think that it is possible.
in conclusion to reflections of the author that i'am agree,i think that english as a lingua franca would be 
an important step in international communication.

synthesis:
in recent years there are studies on to teaching english as a lingua franca,to learn it to communicate 
between non-native speakers.the problem is the teaching of english as a lingua franca because the way 
to approach isn't correct.the target of ELF is to create a fluent bilingual speaker,revolutionize the teaching
for a future with english as a lingua franca.

observations:
i think that i have understand this text.an analysis of this kind can help to drive the reader to correct
notions and ideas.i see the things in a different way because i have understand that there isn't a correct english
to teach.we must consider more different reality,and to communicate with all the world we need of a lingua franca
that could be english language.  

                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                           federica marrocco.