ELF: A New Research Topic in International Applied Linguistics

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2015.09.011

Abstract

Abstract: With the growing globalization and regional cooperation, English has seen a widespread use in all sorts of settings and has become the common contact language among speakers of different linguacultural backgrounds. This has consequently both challenged and promoted English language teaching. Over the past 15 years or so English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become a popular and booming field that has attracted a great deal of attention and practices within English language education and applied linguistics. After a brief survey of the development of ELF, the current paper defines ELF and then introduces the major findings of research into the nature of ELF in terms of its domains and linguistic levels. The paper ends with some implications of ELF for English language teaching and learning in China.

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H319

MA Yan, LI Lisheng. ELF: A New Research Topic in International Applied Linguistics[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2015, 15(09): 58-64.

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