ELF-awareness in ELT: Bringing together theory and practice

Sifakis, Nicos C.; Lopriore, Lucilla; Dewey, Martin; Bayyurt, Yasemin; Vettorel, Paola; Cavalheiro, Lili; Siqueira, Domingos Sávio Pimentel; Kordia, Stefania

doi:10.1515/jelf-2018-0008

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“…The third challenge, diversity awareness, which is much discussed by ELF researchers (Bayyurt & Sifakis 2015, Lopriore & Vettorel 2015, Sifakis et al 2018, Sung 2018, Wang 2015, is not an uncommon topic for EIL and WE scholars, as well. As was shown above, diversity has become a key word for talking about EIL.…”

Section: The We Paradigm and How It Differs From Other Theoriesmentioning

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Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle

Proshina

Григорьевна²,

Nelson

et al. 2020

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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In this overview article, we present the motivations for compiling this issue of RJL and summarize the major premises of the World Englishes (WE) Paradigm. The focus is on the relations between the WE school of thought and the paradigms that branched from it, i.e. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and English as an International Language (EIL). The statuses of Englishes in the Kachruvian Expanding Circle that function mainly as lingua francas in international communication is one of the most controversial issues in sociolinguistics. We discuss the misconceptions regarding the Expanding Circle Englishes. Finally, we give a brief survey of the articles contributed to this issue, which develop theoretical and empirical material for the WE paradigm.

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Section: The We Paradigm and How It Differs From Other Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle

Proshina

Григорьевна²,

Nelson

et al. 2020

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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“…Due to the scenario presented above, Sifakis et al (2018) examine the discussions held during the colloquium "ELF-awareness in ELT: bringing together theory and practice" on the impacts of ELF studies on English language teaching, which was part of the "ELF and Changing English: 10th Anniversary Conference of English as a Lingua Franca". Based on their studies about textbook materials and experiences with teacher training programs, the authors argue that we should try to integrate ELF discussions to our EFL-centered teaching contexts.…”

Section: Considering Elf and The Classroommentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is important to finish this text highlighting the fact that we are English teachers reflecting about the implications of ELF upon pedagogical practices. Our intention was to, at first, show that although teaching English as a Foreign Language may still prevail in many teaching contexts, changing the perspective is possible because there is room to integrate ELF to the classroom -as supported by Sifakis et al (2018). Thus, based on the discussion presented in this paper, we would like to propose three possible approaches that could help the development of an ELF-informed teaching.…”

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confidence: 99%

Drawing the s(elf): exploring individual repertories through autobiographical illustrations within the English as a Lingua Franca perspective

Schmicheck

Silva

2021

RVX

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Current research on English teaching has increasingly turned to the notion of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). However, when we look at the reality of the classroom, teachers still feel insecure about how to employ this concept and the discussions throughout their practice and the research ends up, largely, in the academic scope. Therefore, in this study we explore discussions and reflections of students about their experiences with English learning through an activity involving autobiographical illustrations. To this end, throughout the text we approach the elements that constitute ELFto the detriment of the concept of English as a Foreign Language; we present studies that approach ELF within the classroom; we describe our methodology, the activity we propose with students, and discuss the results based on the issues raised. From this, we argue that activities like the one proposed here can be used by teachers to understand the individual repertoires of their students and, with that, to raise possible ways to work in the classroom having the ELF paradigm as its basis. We finish, then, with some possibilities of approaches focusing the development of an ELF-informed classroom practice.

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“…With respect to the corpus studies, VOICE (Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English); ELFA (the Corpus of English as a Lingua Franca in Academic Settings); WrELFA (the Corpus of Written English as Lingua Franca in Academic Settings); ACE (the Asian Corpus of English) are among the large-scale ELF corpora which have been used as a source of data in ELF research. On the other hand, Kemaloglu-Er and Bayyurt (2019); Kaçar and Bayyurt (2018); Sifakis, Lopriore, Dewey, Bayyurt, Vettorel, Cavalheiro, Siqueira, and Kordia (2018); and Sifakis and Bayyurt (2016) have been carrying out studies on ELF-aware pedagogy and teacher education which can be used as a guide by English teachers who wish to bring ELF into their classrooms.…”

Section: Research Into Elfmentioning

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A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Explicitness in English as Lingua Franca

Önen

İnal²

2019

JCT

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This paper examines explicitness in English as lingua franca (ELF) spoken interactions. Using a conversationanalysis procedure, about 11h of audio-recorded naturally occuring ELF interactions of 79 incoming Erasmusstudents were analyzed for this purpose. The corpus was compiled by means of 54 speech events, 29 interviews and25 focus group meetings and the participants represented 24 mother tongues. Research into ELF reveals that ELFspeakers tend to use various “explicitness strategies” (Mauranen, 2007) in order to enhance intelligibility. Thefindings of this study show that there are indeed variations from standard ENL forms with respect to the degree ofexplicitness in spoken interactions. There is a tendency among ELF speakers to make the meaning more explicit forthe listeners. Repetitions of same expressions in subsequent sentences, use of over-explicit forms, use of an extrasubject following a relative clause and use of emphatic reference are the emerging patterns observed in this study.

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ELF-awareness in ELT: Bringing together theory and practice

Cited by 42 publications

References 43 publications

Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle

Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle

Drawing the s(elf): exploring individual repertories through autobiographical illustrations within the English as a Lingua Franca perspective

A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Explicitness in English as Lingua Franca

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