The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities that the English as a lingua franca
(ELF) paradigm raises for ESOL teacher education. I argue that one of the prominent …

This book explores the nature and causes of misunderstandings in ELF interactions. It is
based on a corpus of conversations between English speakers from south and east Asia that …

Developments in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research have raised implications for
many different domains surrounding the use, teaching and learning of English involving non …

This paper reports on an analysis of the communicative strategies (CSs) used by speakers
in spoken lingua franca English (ELF) in an academic setting. The purpose of the work has …

This chapter has two aims, which coincide with its two sections. In the first section we
present a comprehensive proposal for “English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF)-aware …

Recent work in the field of English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) has been focused
on defining, delineating, and clarifying the nature of ELF. While some work has addressed …

In early stages of classroom language learning, many adult second language (L2) learners
communicate primarily with one another, yet we know little about which speech stream …

This study examines how multilingual interlocutors jointly work on trouble-in-talk—searching
for words and formulating what to say—and advance this interactional work by incorporating …

The study investigates business professionals of different language backgrounds using
English as a business lingua franca (BELF) in formal internal meetings. In particular, it …

ELF research has demonstrated that English users employ various communication
strategies (CSs) to achieve mutual understanding and deal with uncertainty in ELF …