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ANDY COWLE
Changing English, Changing Teaching
www.eltconnections.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRP-o6Q85s
Language Change
- How are you?
- I’m good• Chris’ book
Chris’s book
• literally
• singular they
Language Change: Progress or Decay
Jean Aitchison
Trade
Diplomacy
Travel
Technology
Medicine
Science
Internet
Popular music
Global English
Native speakers
400 million
ESL
800 million
Learners
1 billion
Global English in numbers
World Englishes
English at school
David Graddol
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/english-next
Learning English
Purpose?
Function?
Travel
Study
Work
Integrate
Connect
English usage
• Leaner probably learning English in his/her own country
• Generic model
EFL
ESL
• Integration in a country where English is L1
• Generic model + localisation
English usage
ELF
English as a Lingua Franca
“A language that is adopted as a common language between
speakers whose native languages are different.”
Oxford English Dictionary
• not a variety of English
• an attitude
• function vs form
• essential research
Rest of the World
English-speaking world
Who owns English?
http://bit.ly/2EZE9FE
“…if we devoted more time
and energy to teaching the
learner, and less to teaching
the language, we might be
better off.”
https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/e-is-for-elf/
Scott Thornbury (A-Z of ELT)
Scott Thornbury
“And even if it’s the case that the
bar has been lowered, isn’t it more
realistic to make intelligibility your
goal rather than the (virtually un-
achievable) goal of native-like
accuracy (whatever that is)?”
Scott Thornbury
https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/e-is-for-elf-and-the-phonological-core/
Scott Thornbury (A-Z of ELT)
David Crystalhttp://bit.ly/2Hkpjbv
www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-teach-english-lingua-franca-elf
VOICES Magazine
Jennifer Jenkins
Lingua Franca Core (LFC)
• communication breakdown
• data on pronunciation features
• list of pronunciation priorities in ELF
Robin Walker
Teaching the Pronunciation of ELF
• language variation
• questions assumptions of NS target
• learner strategies – pronunciation, listening
www.modernenglishteacher.com
www.elfpron.wordpress.com
John Field
Sheila Thorn
Ian Badger
Evan Frendo
www.modernenglishteacher.com
Listening
Authentic Listening
• Not a model
• Exposure
• Strategies for reality
• Widely available
• Podcasts
www.bbc.co.uk/radio
www.univie.ac.at/voice
www.dialectsarchive.com
https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/BBC-Voices
Archives: global English varieties
www.degruyter.com/view/j/jelf
www.english-lingua-franca.org
ELF conferences / event themes
Equality for Non-NESTs
www.teflequityadvocates.com
Peter Medgyes
NEST vs non-NEST
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JXB7-BBXtQ&t=7s
www.etprofessional.com/5-reasons-why-native-speakers-need-to-learn-to-speak-english-internationally
1. English is a skill not a subject
2. Embrace change and reality
3. Find out more - and often
4. Classroom practice
5. Learners’ needs
What now, Andy?
Andy Cowle
@andycowle
www.eltconnections.com www.eltturkey.com
