Bringing ELF into Chinese ELT Classrooms: A Focus on English Pedagogies

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10.2991/assehr.k.211122.058How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English as a Lingua Franca; English pedagogies; ELT; native speakers’ norms

Abstract

With the development of globalization, the need of communication in English is increasing rapidly. One of the major concerns about whether English should be taught as a Lingua Franca (ELF) has been widely discussed. While researchers suggest that English should be better taught as a foreign language (EFL) than ELF, and some believe non-conformity to native speakers’ norms is a trend of future intercultural communication, the judgment of possibility of implementing ELF pedagogies cannot be divorced from sociolinguistic issues of a certain cultural context. This study introduces ELF as a sociolinguistic phenomenon which is different from EFL, aiming to indicate pedagogical significances in supporting and applying theories of ELF in the Chinese context and offer Chinese English language learners informed choice on their own decisions on choosing a language.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yang-Yu Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - Bringing ELF into Chinese ELT Classrooms: A Focus on English Pedagogies
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 68
EP  - 71
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211122.058
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211122.058
ID  - Wang2021
ER  -