Sri Lanka, Jan. 29 -- The prominence given to English and how it becomes significant to achieving better careers and education opportunities are visible in most post-colonial nations One of the major suggestions of the book is to make the classroom a safe zone that can help project positive attitudes towards learning English, where shyness and anxiety could be combated Findings demonstrate the unmistakable influence of the attitudes found in the larger society outside the English language domain, in addition to the influence of the attitudes found in the 'inner society' that is the English language classroom

English as the dominant Lingua Franca

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