Multimodal Corpora in Second Language Acquisition of English as a Lingua Franca

Abstract

After exploring the characteristics of intemational English, its wide range of varieties comprended in World Englishes, and the use it shows as a Lingua Franca (ELF); we realize that current English language manifest more variations, language changes and multilingualism than any other language. Departing from these premises, the logical path takes us to understand the impact produced in the ways we acquire English as a second language. Traditional SLA procedures denote obsolescence when approaching ELF. We are then incited to move in the direction of new models that achieve success in ELF. Here, corpora proves to be a useful tool, and particularly multimodal corpora, that shows inspiring results.