The data: Ollie and Stavros

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The data Ollie and Stavros

• O What- what parts of ummm like your lessons (.)
  have you enjoyed (.) doing (.) with Rachel.
• S (2.0) Hmm?
• O What parts of your ermmm ((LS)) (1.0)
  foundation programme have you enjoyed doing with
  Rachel.
• S (.) We- I dont have Rachel.
• O Oh you dont? oh right. So what- (1.0) what
  lessons d- what lessons are you doin?

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ELF in the UK

• Research is also beginning to show how bad some
  native speakers are at using English for
  international communication. It may be that
  elements of an English as a lingua franca
  syllabus could usefully be taught within a mother
  tongue curriculum. (Graddol, 2006 p. 87)

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ELF as a process

• multilingual communities have known this all
  along language learning and language use succeed
  through performance strategies, situational
  resources, and social negotiations in fluid
  communicative contexts. Proficiency is therefore
  practice-based, adaptive and emergent. The
  speakers are able to monitor each others
  language proficiency to determine mutually the
  appropriate grammar, lexical range and pragmatic
  conventions that would ensure intelligibility.
  (Canagarajah, 2007 pp. 923 - 925)

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Teaching ELF?

• By thinking in terms of raising awareness,
  directing attention, developing sensitivity,
  challenging assumptions, etc., Conversation
  Analysis can help professionals to deepen
  their understanding and develop new competencies.
  (Richards, 2007 pp. 5 - 6)

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Introducing English as a lingua franca an online
tutorial

• Self-directed
• Can be used in class, or individually
• Gives students practice in recording,
  transcribing, and reflecting on their
  conversation
• www.englishlinguafranca.com

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www.englishlinguafranca.com
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Structure of the tutorial

• LEARN (pre-activity)
• What is ELF?
• Notation symbols
• Examples of classroom talk, recording and
  transcribing, analysis

• PRACTICE (activity)
• Form a group
• Record a discussion
• Transcribe
• Compare transcriptions
• Discuss

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Ilias a beginner transcriber
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Ollie and Stavros discussing their transcript
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www.englishlinguafranca.com

• How and where can it be used?
• In any university class
• As a group assignment
• Embedded into a required study skills course
• As part of list of online study skills resources

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Questions

• What about your students?? What are/might be the
  implications of their monolithic beliefs about
  language and/or lack of exposure to varieties of
  English?
• What could be done to improve their language
  awareness?