Abstract
English as a lingua franca in spoken genres in the international university: introduction
Highlights
English has long been the lingua franca of academic settings
In Englishspeaking countries, it has a different history of being a lingua franca with the local language being the same as the most dominant lingua franca, and there are certainly different dynamics involved for speakers of other first languages who use English as their lingua franca at e.g. a US university
Beyza Björkman parameters that need to be taken into consideration are local contextual factors and the variable nature of English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication
Summary
English has long been the lingua franca of academic settings. As many readers of this journal will know, since World War II, English has established for itself a solid place as the dominant lingua franca of science through which most academic and scientific activity takes place (Crystal 2013). With respect to studies focusing on interactional practices, “ELF speakers must be examined in relation to the social context in which the interaction is embedded” (see Kaur’s commentary in this special issue).
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