The legacy of British (and American) imperialism and the surge in globalisation over the last
century have seen the spread of English around the world. From the mid-1970s World …

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, What English
Teachers Need to Know Volumes I, II, and III are companion textbooks organized around the …

The categories 'ESL'and 'EFL'should not be seen as discrete as traditionally assumed but as
located on a continuum. Since the traditional categorization as either foreign or second …

The globalization of English in Sweden is examined as it takes shape in educational policy
and practice. Following in the tradition of a “new wave” of language policy and planning …

This article explores the question of whether there is anything peculiar—linguistically,
discursively, and interactionally—about English as a lingua franca. Is there, in other words, a …

This article speculates about the possible effects of the Brexit process on the status and
functions of English in the European Union (EU). One issue here is whether Brexit will result …

This paper sets out to review current approaches to world Englishes from a range of
perspectives, from English studies to sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, lexicography,' …

This book investigates formal characteristics and discourse functions of linguistic creativity at
the level of idioms in spoken ELF as represented in the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus …

This book explores the impact of the spread of English on language teaching and learning. It
provides a framework for change in English language teaching to better reflect global …

One of the objectives of English as Lingua Franca (ELF) researchers is an account of the
unique features of English that they have found in the speech of European users of English …