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ELF-Oriented Pedagogy: Conclusions

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International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching ((INPELT))

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The concern of this collection has been to address the many challenges facing language teachers who work with ELF, a global language, at a local level. This concluding chapter will review the main issues raised and solutions proposed in the collection in relation to pedagogy and ELF; the final section will look ahead to possible future developments in these areas.

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  1. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

    Hugo Bowles

  2. University of London, UK

    Alessia Cogo (Goldsmiths) (Goldsmiths)

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Bowles, H. (2015). ELF-Oriented Pedagogy: Conclusions. In: Bowles, H., Cogo, A. (eds) International Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137398093_11

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