The impact of English on learners' wider lives

What benefits can English language skills bring to a person’s life, both professional and personal? 

This paper addresses this question in relation to data collected from four contrasting contexts.

This research project received funding from the British Council’s English Language Teaching Research Award. Papers by Naeema Hann, Ivor Timmis, Ali Ata Alkhaldi, Beverley Davies, Carlos Rico Troncoso, Yong Yi

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