ABSTRACT
In East Asia, the importance of English as a global lingua franca is growing. This chapter describes what constitutes local English language teaching (ELT) and explores its ELF-related changes in Japan, mainland China and Taiwan. It starts with Japan where several ELF-related researches were conducted, and Suzuki outlines its ELT from primary school to university and examines ELF-compatible changes and challenges for further developments. The chapter moves onto China where we can find a growing body of ELF research. Focusing on a less researched but equally important group of learners, i.e. high school students, Liu discusses gaps between ELT policy documents and classroom practices. Then, mapping out the embryo stage of ELF-related practices in Taiwanese context, Yu argues that the feasibility and practice of ELF-aware pedagogy are context dependent. The chapter highlights needs for transformations of ELT towards ELF-aware classroom practices in the societies where English is not used on a daily basis.
