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Publication details [#43507]

Seargeant, Philip. 2005. "More English than England itself": the simulation of authenticity in foreign language practice in Japan. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 15 (3) : 326–345.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language teaching | language and culture | language of wider communication | language status

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This paper explores how the key motif of 'authenticity' operates in the development of English as a foreign language's symbolic cultural meaning in Japan.