English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

Edited by Dr. Nicos C. Sifakis, Natasha Tsantila

Publication date:

26 October 2018

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781788921763

This book explores the interfaces of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pedagogy. It presents the theoretical aspects of ELF, discusses issues and challenges that ELF raises for the EFL classroom, and demonstrates how EFL practitioners can make use of ELF theorizing for classroom instruction, teacher education, developing language learning materials, policymaking and testing and assessment. Accounts of innovative and practical pedagogical practices and researchers’ insights from diverse geographical, cultural and institutional contexts will inform and inspire EFL practitioners to reconsider their practices and adopt new techniques in order to meet their learners’ diverse communicative needs in international contexts.

List of abbreviations

Authors’ Bios

Chapter 1. Nicos Sifakis and Natasha Tsantila: Introduction

SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 2. Barbara Seidlhofer and Henry Widdowson: ELF for EFL: A Change of Subject?

Chapter 3. Kurt Kohn: Towards the Reconciliation of ELF and EFL: Theoretical Issues and Pedagogical Challenges

SECTION II: ELF IN EFL PEDAGOGY

Chapter 4. Stefania Kordia: ELF-aware Teaching in Practice: A Teacher’s Perspective

Chapter 5. Sutraphorn Tantiniranat and Richard Fay: Developing an ELF-aware Intercultural Purpose in the Thai University Context

SECTION III: ELF AND EFL LANGUAGE LEARNING MATERIALS

Chapter 6. Lucilla Lopriore and Paola Vettorel: Perspectives in WE- and ELF-informed ELT Materials in Teacher Education

Chapter 7. Lili Cavalheiro and Luís Guerra: When the Textbook is Not Enough: How to Shape an ELF Classroom?

Chapter 8. Domingos Sávio Pimentel Siqueira and Julia Vasconcelos Gonçalves Matos: ELT Materials for Basic Education in Brazil: Has the Time for an ELF-aware Practice Arrived?

SECTION IV: ELF AND EFL TEACHER EDUCATION

Chapter 9. Elif Kemaloglu-Er and Yasemin Bayyurt: ELF-awareness in Teaching and Teacher Education: Explicit and Implicit Ways of Integrating ELF into the English Language Classroom

Chapter 10. Enric Llurda and Vasi Mocanu: Changing Teachers’ Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua Franca

Chapter 11. Areti-Maria Sougari: Exploring Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy in Teaching English as a Lingua Franca

SECTION V: ELF IN EFL ASSESSMENT AND TESTING

Chapter 12. David Newbold: ELF in Language Tests

Chapter 13. Androniki Kouvdou and Dina Tsagari: Towards an ELF-aware Alternative Assessment Paradigm in EFL Contexts

Chapter 14. Andy Kirkpatrick: ELF4ELF Concluding Chapter

ELF has both enriched and problematized aspects of ELT. The discussions in this expertly edited volume provide an ELF perspective on key aspects of ELT principles and practice. This is an invaluable professional development resource for English Language teachers and teacher educators working in different world locations. Highly recommended.