Introduction Part I: Conceptualising and positioning ELF. Conceptualising ELF English as a lingua franca and intercultural communication Communities of practice and English as a lingua franca Complexity and ELF English language teaching: pedagogic reconnection with the social dimension Cognitive perspectives on English as a lingua franca Standard English and the dynamics of ELF variationHistorical perspectives on ELFPart II: Regional spread of ELF9. ELF and the EU/wider Europe10. English as a lingua franca in the Gulf Cooperation Council states11. The development of English as a lingua franca in ASEAN12. Chinese English as a lingua franca: an ideological inquiry13. The status of ELF in Japan14. ELF in Brazil: recent developments and further directions15. Is English the lingua franca of South Africa?Part III: ELF characteristics and processes16. Analysing ELF variability17. The pragmatics of ELF18. Pronunciation and miscommunication in ELF interactions: an analysis of initial clusters 19. Creativity, idioms and metaphorical language in ELF20. Grammar in ELF21. Morphosyntactic variation in spoken English as a lingua franca interactions: revisiting linguistic variety 22. Language norms in ELF23. Uncooperative lingua franca encountersPart IV: Contemporary domains and functions24. Translingual practice and ELF25. ELF in the domain of business – BELF: what does the B stand for?26. ELF in social contexts27. Humour in ELF interaction: a powerful, multifunctional resource in relational practice 28. ELF in electronically mediated intercultural communication29. ELF and multilingualism30. ELF and translation/interpretingPart V: ELF in academia31. Beyond monolingualism in higher education: a language policy account32. EMI in higher education: an ELF perspective33. Written academic English as a lingua franca34. Transforming higher education and literacy policies: the contribution of ELFPart VI: ELF, policy and pedagogy35. ELF and teacher education36. ELF-aware teaching, learning and teacher development37. ELF and ELT teaching materials38. ELF and Content and Language Integrated Learning39. ELT and ELF in the East Asian contexts40. Language as system and language as dialogic creativity: the difficulties of teaching English as a lingua franca in the classroom 41. English language teachers and ELFPart VII: ELF into the future: trends, debates, predictions42. English as a lingua franca: changing ‘attitudes’43. ELF in migration44. Global languages and lingua franca communication45. Language assessment: the challenge of ELF46. ELF and critical language testing47. The future of English as a lingua franca?Index

Andy Kirkpatrick, Griffith University, Australia was very supportive: it is clearly important and valuable.. it is a strong proposal with wide coverage and sensible sectional divisions and possible chapters. He just suggested adding an early chapter called something like ‘Clearing the Air’ in which the debate, controversies and challenges surrounding ELF are discussed and critiqued.