... language first language acquisition International English interlanguage first language, second language, third language, nth language language awareness language system metalinguistic comment metalanguage ... Global Language, International English, World English, World Englishes, World Language and Global Lingua Franca (McArthur 2001: 4f.) English as International Language (EIL) and English as Lingua ... important over recent years, such as third language acquisition and trilingualism, cognitive aspects of language acquisition, language processing in multilinguals and metalinguistic awareness The approach...