This third international conference on English as a Lingua Franca is a response to the increasing interest and research activity in this field and follows on from previous successful conferences in Helsinki in 2008 and Southampton in 2009.

The programme is designed to further maximum interaction and focused discussion among participants. To that end, four main themes will be given prominence:

The sociolinguistics of ELF: theoretical issues arising from the study of ELF in relation to language variation, and language and identity.

The methodology of ELF description: issues concerning the collection, analysis and interpretation of data.

ELF and language policy: issues concerning the development of multilingualism in Europe and elsewhere.

ELF and language education: the implications of descriptive work for the design and implementation of teaching programmes.

Apart from four plenary sessions, the conference programme will consist of four colloquia, each dealing with one of these themes.

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