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Frankly, dear, what do you think of English as a lingua franca?

5 de dezembro de 2018

When professionals I know and admire seem to have something against English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), I try to understand why. From their follow-up replies, I get the impression they see ELF as “narrowing the curriculum” and their own position as one of “demanding high” and “catering for students’ needs in the real world.”...Read More

Reflections about Education

ELF, English as a Lingua Franca

Should presentations in Portuguese be allowed in ELT Conferences in Brazil?

2 de setembro de 2018

by elainehodgson

Scene 1: Big conference in Brazil. The speaker, a Brazilian, goes onto the stage to begin her plenary session. While she speaks, you notice she makes some mistakes, pronunciation mistakes, grammar mistakes, but the content of her presentation is relevant and she manages to get her message across. At the end of her talk, you...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, conferences, CPD, critical thinking, EFL, ELF, intelligibility, language, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Accent trait or pronunciation error?

10 de novembro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

In the past few years, I’ve seen a few teachers in Brazil make a point of differentiating accent traits from pronunciation errors. You can listen to Daniel Bonatti explain it here for CanalRh or Vania Below from ManagedEnglish tackle it here. The implication, as I understand, is that diversity in accents should be celebrated, but pronunciation...Read More

Pronunciation

accent, ELF, ELF core, English as a Lingua Franca, error, Jenkins, mistake, native varieties, non-native, non-standard, phonology, pronunciation, standard, World Englishes

ELF in my lesson?

25 de maio de 2015

by Catarina Pontes

British or American? Learners all over the globe have for long asked their teachers and peers which English they speak. Nevertheless, much more importantly than having a major focus on one of the main dominant varieties of English, it is crucial to raise learners’ awareness to the importance of being more and more used to...Read More

Pronunciation

ELF

Intelligi….what?

23 de abril de 2014

by cecilialemos

For quite some time now, I have been trying to lower my adult students’ affective filters about their pronunciation difficulties. These affective filters (proposed by Stephen Krashen) “(…) acts to control the amount and quality of input learners receive.” (Thornbury, 2006 p.8). Affective filters can include motivation, self-confidence and anxiety. Anyone who has taught or...Read More

Pronunciation, Skills, Teacher Development

adult students, communication, ELF, intelligibility, pronunciation