Today English has become the Lingua Franca or common language of many people, regardless of their being native or nonnative speaker of English all over the world. Therefore, it has become necessary to educate pre-/in-service teachers with an awareness towards the significance of the involvement of an “English as a lingua franca” (ELF) perspective in their language teaching practice in multilingual/multicultural contexts. In a rapidly changing world, many English language teachers and teacher trainers are cognizant of the impact of migration in their teaching contexts. However, it is still not very clear to what extent and in what context they are integrating ELF related issues in their language teaching practice. In this study, we make an attempt to unveil in-service teachers’ beliefs about ELF in pedagogical practice in three different countries – Poland, Portugal and Turkey. In order to do that we have adopted a questionnaire from an earlier study investigating the involvement of culture in ELT in expanding circle contexts. The findings of the study revealed that although teachers in these contexts are aware of the significance of the inclusion of an ELF-aware perspective in ELT, they are still hesitant about its applicability in their own teaching context. This study has implications for raising English language teachers’ awareness in conceptualizing how an ELF-aware pedagogical approach can be implemented in a multilingual/multicultural context.

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多语言和多元文化语境中英语教师的英语意识

如今，英语已成为许多人的母语（Lingua Franca）或通用语言，无论他们是世界各地的母语还是英语母语者。因此，有必要对在职/在职教师进行教育，使他们意识到“英语作为通用语言”（ELF）观点在多语言/多元文化环境下的语言教学实践中的重要性。在瞬息万变的世界中，许多英语教师和教师培训师都意识到迁移对他们教学环境的影响。但是，他们在何种程度上以及在何种情况下将与ELF相关的问题整合到他们的语言教学实践中，仍然不是很清楚。在这个研究中，我们试图揭示在三个不同国家（波兰，葡萄牙和土耳其）在职教师在教学实践中对ELF的看法。为了做到这一点，我们采用了一项较早研究的调查问卷，该问卷调查了文化在扩展圈子背景中参与ELT的情况。这项研究的发现表明，尽管在这种情况下，教师已经意识到将ELF意识的观点纳入ELT的重要性，但他们仍在犹豫其在其自身的教学背景下的适用性。这项研究对于提高英语教师在概念化如何在多语言/多元文化背景下实现ELF意识的教学方法的意识方面具有意义。为了做到这一点，我们采用了一项较早研究的调查问卷，该问卷调查了文化在扩展圈子背景中参与ELT的情况。这项研究的发现表明，尽管在这种情况下，教师已经意识到将ELF意识的观点纳入ELT的重要性，但他们仍在犹豫其在其自身的教学背景下的适用性。这项研究对于提高英语教师在概念化如何在多语言/多元文化背景下实现ELF意识的教学方法的意识方面具有意义。为了做到这一点，我们采用了一项较早研究的调查问卷，该问卷调查了文化在扩展圈子背景中参与ELT的情况。这项研究的发现表明，尽管在这种情况下，教师已经意识到将ELF意识的观点纳入ELT的重要性，但他们仍在犹豫其在其自身的教学背景下的适用性。这项研究对于提高英语教师在概念化如何在多语言/多元文化背景下实现ELF意识的教学方法的意识方面具有意义。他们仍然对在自己的教学环境中适用性犹豫不决。这项研究对于提高英语教师在概念化如何在多语言/多元文化背景下实现ELF意识的教学方法的意识方面具有意义。他们仍然对在自己的教学环境中适用性犹豫不决。这项研究对于提高英语教师在概念化如何在多语言/多元文化背景下实现ELF意识的教学方法的意识方面具有意义。