Formation of the Subject of International Communication in Domain-Oriented English Lingua Franca

• Main Authors: Alexander D. Petrenko, Karina A. Melezhik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sourthern Federal University 2018-09-01
• Series: Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki
• Subjects: subject of international communication; domain-oriented English lingua franca; tool for communication; tool for internationalization; stages of change
• Online Access: http://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1181

The article initiates a discussion of the problem of international communication subjects utilizing the domain-oriented English lingua franca (DOELF). Such subjects are identified as communities of international speakers interacting in specialized domains of human activity. It is claimed that communication subjects should be classified into two types according to the pragmatic function of DOELF – as communities using tools for communication or tools for internationalization. It is argued that the collective subject of the DOELF communication is both the consumer of the language and author of language innovations. Identification of the type of DOELF communication subjects is stated to be interconnected with extension of their linguacultural competence. A sequence of 8 pragmatic stages is argued to be necessary for school learner English to change into a domain-oriented tool for international communication.