2011
DOI: 10.1017/s0261444811000115
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Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

Abstract: We begin by considering how the recent phenomenon of English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) fits in with the older notion of lingua francas in general as well as with older versions of ELF. We then explore the beginnings of ELF in its modern manifestation, including the earliest ELF research, and tackle the thorny issue of defining ELF. After discussing the main locations and domains in which ELF research has been carried out to date, we move on to examining research into three linguistic levels, lexicogr… Show more

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“…However, there is a lack of empirical attempts that go further and materialize and take these assumptions forward into a practical alternative pedagogy. There have been many attempts (see e.g., Jenkins, 2006;Jenkins, et al, 2011;Seidlhofer, 2004) to describe the EIL/ELF. Some corpora of it as I mentioned above have also been developed which have advanced the research on documentation and description of this kind of English.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, there is a lack of empirical attempts that go further and materialize and take these assumptions forward into a practical alternative pedagogy. There have been many attempts (see e.g., Jenkins, 2006;Jenkins, et al, 2011;Seidlhofer, 2004) to describe the EIL/ELF. Some corpora of it as I mentioned above have also been developed which have advanced the research on documentation and description of this kind of English.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Kohn 2011; McNamara 2012a) has been excluded from ELF research (cf. House 2010;Jenkins et al 2011). Such a perspective will imply that "[n]ot all ELF users are equally communicatively successful," so that the question arises to what extent the "relative ability of ELF users" (McNamara 2012b: 6, emphasis added) affects unmediated or mediated communication.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It goes to show that it is on the basis of pragmatic, intercultural, and collaborative skills, accommodation and negotiation strategies, and the creative appropriation of linguistic resources (cf. Jenkins et al 2011;Seidlhofer 2011;Mauranen 2012) that meaning negotiation and mutual intelligibility are secured. In my work in the context of interpreting studies and the TELF (Tübingen English as a Lingua Franca) research group, I have been confronted with less optimistic views of ELF communication.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The turning point of the field, according to Jenkins, Cogo and Dewey (2011), was two key publications at the beginning of the 21 st century, i.e., Jenkins' works on common features of ELF pronunciation (2000) and Seidlhofer's conceptual paper which argued to move away from native speakers' norms and to treat lingua franca users as legitimate (Seidlhofer 2001 (Ehrenreich 2010), increased willingness to cooperate and accept unsolved situations and arbitrary solutions among participants in informal talks (Meierkord and Knapp 2002: 16), and attention to the "ad hoc, situated negotiation of meaning" among ELF users (Seidlhofer 2009a: 242).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%