Pronunciation in English as a lingua franca: A brief introduction (original) (raw)

Though the field of research into English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) has been growing steadily over the past fifteen years or so, there still seem to be relatively few teachers and trainers in the English language teaching (ELT) industry who really appreciate what the term refers to, which makes it hard to have an informed opinion on what it might mean for their practice. This introductory article: • gives some background to the emergence of ELF; • explains what ELF interaction basically entails; and • suggests how the phenomenon of ELF might affect what we teach in terms of pronunciation.