English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

Nicos C. Sifakis is an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University, Greece. He is the co-editor of English Language Education Policies and Practices: A Mediterranean Perspective (with Yasemin Bayyurt, 2017, Peter Lang).Natasha Tsantila is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences, Deree College – The American College of Greece. She is the co-editor of ELF: Pedagogical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (with J. Mandalios and M. Ilkos, 2016, Deree – The American College of Greece).

• List of abbreviationsAuthors’ BiosChapter 1. Nicos Sifakis and Natasha Tsantila: IntroductionSECTION I:  FOUNDATIONSChapter 2. Barbara Seidlhofer and Henry Widdowson: ELF for EFL: A Change of Subject?Chapter 3. Kurt Kohn: Towards the Reconciliation of ELF and EFL: Theoretical Issues and Pedagogical ChallengesSECTION II:  ELF IN EFL PEDAGOGYChapter 4. Stefania Kordia: ELF-aware Teaching in Practice: A Teacher’s PerspectiveChapter 5. Sutraphorn Tantiniranat and Richard Fay: Developing an ELF-aware Intercultural Purpose in the Thai University ContextSECTION III:  ELF AND EFL LANGUAGE LEARNING MATERIALSChapter 6. Lucilla Lopriore and Paola Vettorel: Perspectives in WE- and ELF-informed ELT Materials in Teacher EducationChapter 7. Lili Cavalheiro and Luís Guerra: When the Textbook is Not Enough: How to Shape an ELF Classroom?Chapter 8. Domingos Sávio Pimentel Siqueira and Julia Vasconcelos Gonçalves Matos: ELT Materials for Basic Education in Brazil: Has the Time for an ELF-aware Practice Arrived?SECTION IV:  ELF AND EFL TEACHER EDUCATIONChapter 9. Elif Kemaloglu-Er and Yasemin Bayyurt: ELF-awareness in Teaching and Teacher Education: Explicit and Implicit Ways of Integrating ELF into the English Language ClassroomChapter 10. Enric Llurda and Vasi Mocanu: Changing Teachers’ Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua FrancaChapter 11. Areti-Maria Sougari: Exploring Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy in Teaching English as a Lingua FrancaSECTION V:  ELF IN EFL ASSESSMENT AND TESTINGChapter 12. David Newbold: ELF in Language TestsChapter 13. Androniki Kouvdou and Dina Tsagari: Towards an ELF-aware Alternative Assessment Paradigm in EFL ContextsChapter 14. Andy Kirkpatrick: ELF4ELF Concluding Chapter

ELF has both enriched and problematized aspects of ELT. The discussions in this expertly edited volume provide an ELF perspective on key aspects of ELT principles and practice. This is an invaluable professional development resource for English Language teachers and teacher educators working in different world locations. Highly recommended.