ABSTRACT
Developments in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research have raised implications for many different domains surrounding the use, teaching and learning of English involving non-native speakers. This chapter focuses on implications of ELF research for teacher education. As ELT situations around the world abound, the chapter explores the notion of ELF-aware teacher learning and development and suggests ways in which it can impact teacher development through appropriate teacher education. The chapter presents a framework for teacher education programmes aiming to raise teachers' ELF awareness. ELF-aware teaching and teacher education offers opportunities for learning about ELF and experimenting with one's teaching context that prompt teachers to make sense of the shifting times regarding English and explore new, creative and autonomous ways of integrating ELF in their own context. The ecological focus and potentially transformative nature of the ELF-aware journey has implications beyond teaching and learning and can be applied to assessment and testing, policy-making and curriculum designing.
