The ELFA Project


Conference presentations in the ELFA project

 

2011

Hakala, Henrik and Hynninen, Niina (2011) Lexical and accent accommodation in ELF interaction. ISLE2 (International Society for the Linguistics of English), University of Boston, Boston, MA, USA, 17–21 June 2011.

Hakala, Henrik and Hynninen, Niina (2011) Lexical and accent accommodation in ELF interaction. ELF4 – Fourth International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca, Hong Kong, 26–28 May 2011.

Hynninen, Niina (2011) Monenlaiset analyysimenetelmät ja tutkimuksen kontekstualisointi. Workshop presentation at AFinLA, Diskurssintutkimuksen kontekstualisointi workshop. Organised by Anne Mäntynen and Pekka Pälli. University of Eastern Finland (Joensuu), 11–12 Nov 2011.

Paulasto Heli, Ranta Elina and Meriläinen Lea: Syntactic Features in Global Englishes: How ‘Global’ Are They? ISLE2 (International Society for the Linguistics of English), University of Boston, Boston, MA, USA, 17–21 June 2011.

Ranta, Elina: Verb-syntactic Features in English as a Lingua Franca. 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Beijing, 23–28 Aug 2011.

 

2010

Hynninen, Niina (2010) Language regulation in English as a lingua franca interaction. Paper presented at the NAES-FINSSE 2010: English in the North. The 11th Nordic Conference for English Studies and the 5th Conference of the Finnish Society for the Study of English. Oulu, 9–13 June 2010.

Hynninen, Niina (2010) ELF and language regulation: Combining different types of data. Paper presented at the ELF3 – Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Vienna, 22–25 May 2010.

Hynninen, Niina (2010) Studying in English as a Lingua Franca – The SELF Project. Poster presented at the Professionalising Multilingualism in Higher Education conference. Luxembourg, 4–6 February 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) English as a global lingua franca of academia. Guest lecture at the University of Zürich, 19 November 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) English as a lingua franca – Issues of research and teaching. Workshop at the University of Zürich, 19 November 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) Vieraskielisen opetuksen ja oppimisen haasteet yliopistossa. Tutkas-seminaari, 17 November 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) Englanti lingua francana – ylivaltaa ja huonoa kieltä? Ammattikorkeaukoulujen kieltenopettajien päivät, Seinäjoen Amattikorkeakoulu, 6 October 2010.

Mauranen Anna (2010) English as the lingua franca of globalised academia. Invited plenary at the 11th International CercleS Conference, Helsinki, 2–4 September 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) What’s going on in English: Developments in the global lingua franca. Invited plenary at ESSE 10 (European Society for the Study of English), Torino, 24–28 August 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) Research methodology in ELF. Invited section chair at the ELF3 – Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Vienna, 22–25 May 2010.

Mauranen, Anna (2010) What’s going on in English: Explorations into the global lingua franca. Invited lecture at ISV Forum, Copenhagen Business School, 15 March 2010.

Pilkinton-Pihko, Diane (2010) The CEFR: A tool for ELF university lecturers of engineering? Paper presented at the 11th International CercleS Conference, Helsinki 2–4 September 2010.

Pilkinton-Pihko, Diane (2010) ELF and language ideologies – A case study at TKK/Aalto University. Poster presented at the ELF3 – Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Vienna, 22–25 May 2010.

Ranta, Elina (2010) Models for English grammar at school? Invited plenary panelist presentation at the ELF3 – Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Vienna, 22–25 May 2010.

Ranta, Elina (2010) Englanninopettajiksi aikovien kielikäsitysten tarkastelua. Ainedidaktiikan symposium. Helsinki, 12 February 2010.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2010) No questions asked? A case study on an ELF lecture vs. native language (Finnish) lecture. Paper presented at the ELF3 – Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Vienna, 22–25 May 2010.

 

2009

Hynninen, Niina (2009) Emerging discourses on ELF. Paper presented at AFinLA. Tampere, 12–13 November 2009.

Hynninen, Niina (2009) A situated approach to interaction in ELF. Paper presented at The Third Scandinavian PhD Conference in Linguistics and Philology. Bergen, 16–17 June 2009.

Hynninen, Niina (2009) Neuvottelua rajoista: esimerkkejä englanti lingua francana ‑vuorovaikutuksesta. Paper presented at Kielitieteen päivät. Jyväskylä, 14–16 May 2009.

Mauranen, Anna (2009) Speaking a lingua Franca - Redefining relations of language and culture. Invited plenary at AFinLA. Tampere, 12–13 November 2009.

Mauranen, Anna (2009) Speaking professionally in an L2 – Issues of corpus methodology. Invited plenary at the CLAVIER conference. Modena, 5–7 November 2009.

Mauranen, Anna (2009) Co-constructing shared knowledge: ELF in academia. Invited plenary at the 2nd International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Southampton, 6–8 April 2009.

Mauranen, Anna (2009) English as an academic lingua franca: Focus on spoken rhetoric. Invited plenary at the Copenhagen Business School symposium. Copenhagen, 22 January 2009.

Ranta, Elina (2009). Tulevien englanninopettajien kielikäsityksistä. Paper presented at Kasvatustieteen päivät. Vieraiden kielten opetuksen teemaryhmä. Tampere, 26–27 November 2009.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2009) What you have to understand is… – Interactional features in lectures. Paper presented at the SEFI the Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs – European Society for Engineering Education 2009. Rotterdam, 1–4 July 2009.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2009) What you have to understand is… – Interactional features in scientific lectures. Paper presented at The Third Scandinavian PhD Conference in Linguistics and Philology. Bergen, 16–17 June 2009.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2009) What you have to understand is… – Interactional features in ELFA-lectures. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Southampton, 6–8 April 2009.

 

2008

Hynninen, Niina (2008) (Re)creating norms of using English in international study contexts. Paper presented at the CALPIU conference. Roskilde, 15–17 December 2008.

Hynninen, Niina (2008) Negotiating acceptable English in an international university seminar. Paper presented at AFinLA. Helsinki, 14–15 November 2008.

Hynninen, Niina (2008) Multilingual ELF Settings. Paper presented at the Mediating Multilingualism conference. Jyväskylä, 2–5 June 2008.

Hynninen, Niina & Surakka-Cooper, Pirjo (2008) Introducing Project SELF. Paper presented at the ELF Forum – First International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Helsinki, 6–8 March 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) How do they speak? Evidence from a corpus of academic English as a lingua franca. Paper presented at the CALPIU conference. Roskilde, 15–17 December 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) English as a lingua franca – The beginning of the end of English or of something new? Postgraduate seminar, Langnet doctoral programme. Athens, 1 October 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) Discourse reflexivity – A discourse universal? The case of ELF. Paper presented at the AILA 2008, the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Essen, 28 August 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) English as a lingua franca – part of linguistic diversity. Paper presented at the AILA 2008, the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Essen, 26 August 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) Current trends in ELF research. Paper presented at the ESSE9, The 9th Conference of The European Society for the Study of English. Aarhus, 22 August 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) English as a lingua franca. Workshop held at Universidad Complutenze. Madrid, 9 April 2008.

Mauranen, Anna (2008) On my point of view...A linear perspective on ELF. Paper presented at the ELF Forum, 1st International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Helsinki, 6–8 March 2008.

Metsä-Ketelä, Maria (2008) A glimpse into imprecision in academic ELF: Frequency and distribution. Paper presented at the ELF Forum – First International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Helsinki, 6–8 March 2008.

Ranta, Elina (2008) English as a lingua franca vs. learner language. Paper presented at the ELF Forum – First International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Helsinki, 6–8 March 2008.

Solin, Anna (2008) Mediating genres: The localisation of a ‘global genre’ in Finland. Paper presented at the Mediating Multilingualism conference. Jyväskylä, 2–5 June 2008.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2008) ELFA and comprehension of lectures – A case study on interactional features in lectures. Paper presented at the CALPIU conference. Roskilde, 15–17 December 2008.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2008) ELFA and comprehension of lectures – A case study on an international master's program. Paper presented at AFinLA. Helsinki, 14–15 November 2008.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2008) Good, Poor, or Excellent. Students’ Perception of Lecturers’ English and Comprehension of Lectures. Paper presented at the EISTA 2008, 6th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications. Orlando, Florida, 29 June–3 July 2008.

Suviniitty, Jaana (2008) The Good, the Bad, and the Excellent. Students’ Perception of Lecturers’ English. Paper presented at the ELF Forum – First International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca. Helsinki, 6–8 March 2008.

Presentation available online

Mauranen, Anna: "Englanti lingua francana – Miten se sopii yhteen monikielisyyden kanssa?" Presentation given at the Centre for Language Teacher Education (AinO) at the University of Helsinki, 4 Dec 2008. Presentation video available here.

 

2007

Hynninen, Niina (2007) Studying ELF and studying in ELF. Paper presented at FINSSE4 – The 4th Finnish Society for the Study of English Conference. Helsinki, 29 November–1 December 2007.

Ranta, Elina (2007) Universal syntactic structures in academic ELF? FINSSE4 – The 4th Finnish Society for the Study of English Conference, Helsinki, 29 November–1 December 2007.

Ranta, Elina (2007) Finnish Upper Secondary School Students’ and English Teachers’ Views on Native and Non-native English. NAES 2007 – The Tenth Nordic Conference for English Studies. Bergen, 24–26 May 2007.

 

2006

Hynninen, Niina (2006) Sopivatko ELF ja Eurooppalainen viitekehys yhteen? Paper presented at AFinLA. Jyväskylä, 10–11 November 2006.

Ranta, Elina (2006) Progressiivimuodot lingua franca -englannissa. Kielitieteen päivät. Turku, 4–5 May 2006.

 

2005

Ranta, Elina (2005) Exploring standards for English as a lingua franca. 1st Scandinavian PhD Conference in Linguistics and Philology. Bergen, 13–15 June 2005.

Ranta, Elina (2005) Lingua franca -englannin kieliopilliset normit? Kielitieteen päivät. Tampere, 19–20 May 2005.

Ranta, Elina (2005) Hanke-esittely: English as a lingua franca in academic settings. Keskusteluntutkimuksen päivät. Jyväskylä, 3–4 February 2005.

 

News

  • The compilation of a database of written academic ELF (WrELFA) has started! Read more here!
  • The ELFA Text Corpus is now available for research! Read more here!
  • Check out Journal of Pragmatics (2011, Vol. 43, No. 4) for recent research on ELF
  • Now published: Helsinki English Studies Special Issue on English as a Lingua Franca!
  • New project on Global English (GlobE) continues the ELF theme
  • Check out English for Specific Purposes (2010, Vol. 29, No. 3) for recent research on ELF
  • ELF Forum 2008 thematic volume published: English as a Lingua Franca: Studies and Findings edited by Mauranen A. & Ranta E. → go to publisher's site