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‘Native’ Versus Non-native English Speakers (NES/NNES) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) at Academic Conferences

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At many academic conferences, the number of non-native English-speaking participants is greater than that of native English speakers. But is the distinction an accurate or helpful one? In this chapter, we will first look briefly at the NES-NNES distinction and discuss its relevance in terms of performing CPs. Related to this NES-NNES debate, one of the more interesting and influential trends in applied linguistics over the past several years has been the gradual emergence and acceptance of English as a lingua franca (ELF), wherein NNES non-standard English forms are viewed and used as a distinct and legitimate variety of English. Academic conferences, given their international scope, serve as an almost perfect paradigm of the phenomenon. Therefore, we will discuss some of the features of ELF, the social/psychological effects it can have upon conference participants, and its impact upon conference speech events such as CPs.

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Guest, M. (2018). ‘Native’ Versus Non-native English Speakers (NES/NNES) and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) at Academic Conferences. In: Conferencing and Presentation English for Young Academics. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2475-8_5

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