TY - BOOK ID - 70364467 TI - Using English as a Lingua Franca in Education in Europe : English in Europe. AU - Ferguson, Gibson AU - Seidlhofer, Barbara AU - Sifakis, Nicos AU - Tatsioka, Zoi PY - 2018 SN - 1501502972 1501503111 1501511092 PB - Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Language and education. KW - Influence on foreign languages. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Germanic languages KW - Influence of English on foreign languages KW - Educational linguistics KW - Education KW - Language and languages KW - English language Study and teaching KW - Study and teaching KW - Europe. KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - ELF. KW - English as a Lingua Franca. KW - English in Europe. KW - Language Policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:70364467 AB - This volume examines the role of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in education in Europe. Following the implementation of the Bologna process, English has assumed a central role in European education offering institutions the opportunity to cater to the needs of an internationalized student body and increase their competitiveness. On the other hand, the increased use of ELF has become an issue of concern, often perceived as a threat to other languages, tilting the scale towards linguistic inequality and stressing the urgent need for the development of new language policies. Both aspects of ELF are at the center of discussion in the proposed volume, which consists of a variety of papers examining ELF in different parts of Europe (Eastern, Central and Western) and different levels of education. The volume makes a substantial contribution to the lively and controversial debate about what is recognized as a central topical concern of language education policy in Europe and beyond. ER -