Analysing ELF variability

Osimk-Teasdale, Ruth

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“…The nature of ELF demands a shift in English language pedagogy in the 21st century. The ELF variability calls for reviewing established concepts, such as the role of norms and standards (Osimk-Teasdale, 2018). The traditional approaches to English language teaching (henceforth ELT) prioritise conformity to Standard English which ignores adaptive variability of ELF communication.…”

Section: The Impact Of Elf On the English Language Pedagogymentioning

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The Development of ELF-aware Classroom Materials

Rzońca¹

2021

Proceedings of ‏The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Education

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Because of the growing number of interactions in English between people from different linguacultures, English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) has become a widely investigated research area. Its heterogenous, flexible and variable nature demands for a shift in English language classroom practices. Although there has been an increase in researching ELF pedagogical implications, its practical applicability in classroom instruction, materials development, teacher education, assessment and testing is still largely unexplored and unclear. The present paper focuses on the impact of ELF on English language pedagogy with special attention paid to classroom materials evaluation and design. The author discusses some vital theoretical issues concerning ELF and their implications for teaching English in relation to changes in pedagogical goals and approaches. The main part of the paper constitutes a list of guidelines for the development of ELF-aware classroom activities. Finally, and most importantly, some examples of ELF-aware activities designed by the author are presented and discussed. The paper is intended for those EFL practitioners who wish to explore how to make use of ELF research findings in practice. It may be also of interest to materials writers and teacher educators.

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Section: The Impact Of Elf On the English Language Pedagogymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Development of ELF-aware Classroom Materials

Rzońca¹

2021

Proceedings of ‏The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Education

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The influence of context on language alternation practices in English as a lingua franca

Pietikäinen

2021

Journal of English as a Lingua Franca

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This paper scrutinizes language alternation practices in different settings where English is predominantly used as the lingua franca (ELF). Data from different interactional contexts are examined: academic interactions from the ELFA corpus, doctoral defense discussions (also from the ELFA corpus), and informal family interactions. Corpus, discourse and conversation analytic methods and ethnographic information are used in analyzing these spoken data. I argue that translanguaging in lingua franca contexts is not only affected by speakers’ repertoire or the linguistic setting, but that there is a complex web of individual, interpersonal, group-related, and discourse environmental aspects which play their part in whether and to which extent speakers alternate languages in spoken ELF communication.

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Exploring variation in English as a lingua franca: Multivariate analysis of modal verbs of obligation and necessity in the VOICE corpus

Nie

2024

ICAME Journal

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The modal verbs of necessity and obligation, a testing ground of grammatical change, have been shown to exhibit change and variation in world Englishes. Previous studies have primarily concentrated on English as a native language (ENL) and English as a second language (ESL) varieties. The present study extends this line of research and explores variation in modal verbs of necessity and obligation in English use as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Descriptive statistics indicate that ELF resembles American English and also shares similarities with ESL varieties. In addition, ELF further exhibits divergence from both ENL and ESL varieties that arises in multilingual interactions. The multivariate analysis of this study employs mixed-effects logistic regression on the use of must and have to. Integrating social and linguistic factors, this analysis exploits metadata gathered from the VOICE corpus, which has thus far been underused. The results of the inferential statistics indicate that the same sociolinguistic factors that influence the variation in ENL and ESL varieties also shape ELF grammar. These findings not only bring ELF closer to other English varieties but also demonstrate the advantage of studying ELF from a variationist sociolinguistic perspective.

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Analysing ELF variability

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The Development of ELF-aware Classroom Materials

The Development of ELF-aware Classroom Materials

The influence of context on language alternation practices in English as a lingua franca

Exploring variation in English as a lingua franca: Multivariate analysis of modal verbs of obligation and necessity in the VOICE corpus

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