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- To examine the barriers – both linguistic and cultural – to cross-cultural communication in a variety of fields and contexts.
- To examine the role of educational policy-making and planning at the national, regional, and international levels in encouraging linguistic and cross-cultural competency in students of all levels.
- To examine the role and feasibility of academic, cultural and professional exchange programs in building bridges in an increasingly multicultural environment.
- To examine the role of foreign language learning and its impact on economic development in such areas as commerce, tourism etc.
- To discuss the positive and negative aspects of a global language or lingua franca (e.g. the de facto lingua franca: English).
- In the context of the above, to discuss the role of other Englishes, their implications for the teaching of English as a Foreign Language, as well as the need to determine what other foreign languages should be taught.
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