ELF14 2024 Conference

Strands

GEs/ELF/WEs Paradigms Bridging • ELF Research in the Classroom • Present & Future of Englishes • AI and Theory & Usage of English • Bilingual Education • CLIL/EMI • English in conflict zones/crisis situations/refugee contexts and more

ELF researchers have had a successful series of thirteen international ELF conferences so far. On behalf of the ELF community, we would like to invite you to ELF14 2024, Prague, Czech Republic. ELF14. From Global Englishes to bot-English. Language change in the era of AI suggests we will — among other things — reflect on linguistic and cultural implications of AI’s fast progress for both theorizing, teaching, and learning languages, especially English as a global lingua franca. Apart from ‘traditional’ (applied-)linguistic disciplines, we would like to bring in novel interdisciplinary impulses from neuroscience to modern technologies, cultural & literary studies, philosophy, and business. We also welcome contributions from all ELF strands with a specific focus on transferring theory into teaching practice. Two years after meeting in Taiwan, we look forward to welcoming our thriving international ELF/Global Englishes/WEs communities in the heart of Europe, in September 2024.

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Organizers

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Barbara Seidlhofer, University of Vienna
Henry G. Widdowson, University of Vienna
Alice Gruber, University of Applied Sciences — Hochschule Augsburg
Heath Rose, Oxford University
Inmaculada Pineda Hernandez, Universidad de Málaga
Wenli Tsou, National Cheng Kung University
Yasemin Bayyurt, Boğaziçi University
Mario Saraceni, University of Portsmouth
Andrew Blair, University of Sussex
Alessia Cogo, Goldsmiths, University of London
Martin Dewey, King’s College London
Nicola Galloway, School of Education — University of Glasgow
Nicos Sifakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Will Baker, University of Southampton
Marie–Luise Pitzl–Hagin, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Xaiaobin Chen, University of Tübingen
Sonia Moran Panero, University of Southampton
Enric Llurda, Universitat de Lleida
Elif Kemaloglu-Er, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University
Eowyn Crisfield, Oxford Brookes University
Kurt Kohn, University of Tübingen

More speakers will be announced in the coming months.

Teachers’ Workshops — Confirmed Speakers and Teacher Trainers

Tamah Sherman, Czech Academy of Sciences
Rachel Wicaksono, York St John University
Justin Quinn, Charles University | University of West Bohemia
Elif Kemaloglu-Er, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University
Michelle Duruttya, Prague University of Economics and Business
Marek Hovorka, Johannes Kepler Grammar School
Šárka Císařová, Oxford TEFL Barcelona

Scientific Committee

Barbara Seidlhofer, University of Vienna
Henry G. Widdowson, University of Vienna
Andrew Blair, University of Sussex
Enrico Grazzi, University of Roma Tre
Mario Saraceni, University of Portsmouth
Alessia Cogo, Goldsmiths, University of London
Wenli Tsou, National Cheng Kung University
Fay Chen, National Cheng Kung University
Martin Dewey, King’s College London
Inmaculada Pineda Hernandez, Universidad de Málaga
Natasha Tsantila, The American College of Greece
Elif Kemaloglu-Er, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University
Yasemin Bayyurt, Boğaziçi University
Michelle Duruttya, Prague University of Economics and Business
Justin Quinn, Charles University | University of West Bohemia
Sonia Moran Panero, University of Southampton

More to be announced in the coming months.

List of Colloquia

ELF and AI & English (LF/GL)
convened by A. Gruber

ELF and ELT: Facing the Challenges Ahead
convened by E. Grazzi | participants: M. Dwey, Y. Bayyurt, L. Cavalheiro, S. Siqueira and A. Blair

Professional Identities of ELF-aware Teachers
convened by N. Sifakis

Virtual English as a Lingua Franca (VELF)
convened by I. Pineda and R. Bosso

Translanguaging
convened by E. Crisfield | participants: M. Saraceni, S. Canagarajah, S. Moran Panero and R. Tupas

Language (in)equalities and Multilingual Identities
convened by M. Saraceni and C. Belanger | participants: E. Kemaloglu Er

ELF, Language and Race: Voices and Perspectives from the Global Souths
convened by S. Rudwick | participants: E. Kemaloglu Er

“ELF and Decoloniality” or “ELF and Latin America”
convened by S. Moran Panero

ELF and Trans/Intercultural Communication
convened by W. Baker

Page Title

From Global Englishes to bot-English. Language use in the era of AI.