English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

The current review not only presents an overview of the content and structure of the book, English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts" by N.Sifakis and N.Tsantila, but it also comments and evaluates the work in the light of the changes that the global status of English brings for English language didactics in the 21st century. The heterogenous, multilingual and multicultural nature of English as a lingua franca demands for a shift in foreign/L2 teaching and learning practices. The present article enumerates various strengths of the book. It shows that although there has been an increase in researching ELF pedagogical implications, the reviewed book fills the niche and focuses on its practical applicability in classroom instruction, materials development, teacher education, assessment and testing. The review is intended for those EFL practitioners who wish to explore how to make use of ELF research findings in practice. It may be also of interest to materials writers and teacher educators.