Abstracts Archive

English as a lingua franca (ELF) has generated considerable debate during the 20+ years of intensifying research activity we have seen in this paradigm, requiring language teachers and teacher educators to reflect critically on pedagogic resources and methods. English as global lingua franca represe...

History has witnessed a plethora of language teaching proposals in the last decades ranging from structuralist-oriented practices until recent critical and sociocultural orientations. Special attention has been given to English language teaching (ELT) for the very privileged – and controversia...