Marie-Luise Pitzl-Hagin und Stefanie Riegler präsentieren im verbal Workshop "Rückblicke und Ausblicke auf die Angewandte Linguistik in Österreich - eine gemeinsame Bestandsaufnahme von verbal und Emerging Linguists anlässlich des 30. Geburtstags von verbal" bei der österreichischen Linguistiktagung 2024.
Approaching 30 years of ELF study in Austria: retrospect and prospect for applied linguistics
Marie-Luise Pitzl-Hagin, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz; Stefanie Riegler, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz; Barbara Seidlhofer, Universität Wien
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of verbal, this presentation takes stock of the contribution that the study of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has made to applied linguistics over the past three decades, both in Austria and internationally. Bringing together emerging and more established Austrian ELF scholars, our talk outlines why Austria holds a special place in the history of ELF research. The Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) (VOICE 2021), the first general corpus of ELF interactions worldwide, was developed at the University of Vienna and has since become an international cornerstone for empirical research in this field. The creation and analysis of such corpora have led to a wealth of descriptive studies, pointing out the characteristics of ELF use and offering valuable insights with wide-ranging implications for applied linguistic concerns. Current key areas in ELF research range from transcultural communication via ELF in many high-stakes encounters such as migration and asylum seeking, peace-keeping and diplomacy, language (education) policy and language planning, testing, international publishing, the use of ELF as a medium of instruction, the pragmatic strategies ELF speakers employ, to the intrinsically multilingual nature of ELF communication and ways towards adopting an ELF perspective in English language teaching. ELF research is thus of great relevance to many areas of work undertaken under the auspices of verbal. This workshop provides an opportunity to review important issues, challenges and findings that have emerged from ELF studies and to discuss the future directions of this dynamic, applied linguistic field. As we look ahead, we will explore the potential for further research and the continued relevance of ELF in an increasingly globalized world.
References
VOICE. 2021. The Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (version 3.0 online). voice3.acdh.oeaw.ac.at, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (5 September 2024). |