PLURELF: A Project Implementing Plurilingualism and English as a Lingua Franca in English Language Teaching at University

Authors

  • Enric Llurda UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA
  • Josep M. Cots UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-1983/17136

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the implementation of a Business English university course aimed at promoting plurilingualism and English as a Lingua Franca (PLURELF). The course is inspired by research on English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and the works on language diversity and plurilingual uses, such as those published by Creese, and Blackledge (2010; 2014), May (2013), and Pennycook, and Otsuji (2015), and by the literature claiming the need to incorporate a plurilingual or translanguaging perspective in education (e.g. Cenoz and Gorter 2013; 2015; García 2009; García and Li 2014; Kramsch 2012; Levine 2011). The PLURELF project relies on the hypothesis that the adoption of a plurilingual approach in English language teaching produces more positive results with regard to language development, intercultural awareness, and learners’ attitudes than traditional monolingual approaches, thus challenging the idea, deeply rooted in the theory and practice of ELT, that a monolingual native-based perspective is needed in order to effectively teach the language. This paper looks at the goals and methodology of the project and provides some of its key results.

Author Biographies

Enric Llurda, UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA

Enric Llurda is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). His research interests include non-native language teachers, English as a lingua franca, language attitudes, multilingualism, translanguaging, internationalisation and language education and policy in higher education institutions.

Josep M. Cots, UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA

Josep-Maria Cots is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). In his research, he adopts a discourse-analytic perspective to study multilingualism and interculturality as individual and social/institutional processes.

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Published

2020-11-01

How to Cite

Llurda, E., & Cots, J. M. (2020). PLURELF: A Project Implementing Plurilingualism and English as a Lingua Franca in English Language Teaching at University. Status Quaestionis, 2(19). https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-1983/17136

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No. 19 (2020): An Interdisciplinary Approach to English as a Lingua Franca

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