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Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language
By Richard Pinner
Published by Multilingual Matters

Developments in technology have led to constant interaction between cultures in today's world and the English language has become a fixture in cross-cultural exchanges. So how does the concept of authentic language fit in? This book explores authenticity as it relates to second language acquisition with a particular focus on the instruction of English as a foreign language. It discusses the theoretical issues surrounding authenticity and presents it as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is examined from a chaos/complexity theory perspective and the author proposes that authenticity be considered as a continuum, which attempts to reframe it in a way which is more inclusive to L2 varieties of English. This work will be of interest to researchers working in the areas of SLA, ELT and TESOL, with particular interests in motivation, identity and authenticity, as well as those interested in the World Englishes debate.

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