DEFINISION

• ELF (ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA) IA A LANGUAGE USED FOR COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
 POSITION OF NATIVE SPEAKER

• MANY MORE USERS OF SPEAKRES OF ELF

• NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLSIH ARE NOT THE MAJORITY OF ELF USERS
 THE NOTION OF LINGUA FRANCA CORE

- LANGUAGE
- LINGUA–CULTURAL BACKGROUND
- DOMAIN
 ELF DATA AS A SOUCE OF INSPIRATION FOR
TEACHERS

• A CORPUS-BASE D RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT ON ELF COMMUNICATION IN THE

COURCHSURFING ONLINE COMMUNITY
 HOW CAN ELF FINDINGS BENEFIT TEACHING
ENGLSIH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE?

• DESPITE THE FACT THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NECESSARY ON ELF, THE FINDINGS
ARE RELEVANT AND SHOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON TEACHING ENGLISH AS A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
IMPLICATION

• ENGLISH IS NHO LONGER CENTERED ON THE ANGLOPHONE WORLD AND NATIVE SPEAKERS
COUNTRIES
• THE OWNERSHIP OF ENGLISH IS NOW SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD AMD TO USERS OF ENGLSIH
AS A LINGUA FRANCA
CONCLUSION
 THREE MOTHERS OF ELF

JENNIFER JENKINS
BARBARA SEIDLHOFER
ANNA MAUREN