This volume examines the role of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in education in Europe.
Following the implementation of the Bologna process English has assumed a central role in
European education offering institutions the opportunity to cater to the needs of an
internationalized student body and increase their competitiveness. On the other hand the
increased use of ELF has become an issue of concern often perceived as a threat to other
languages tilting the scale towards linguistic inequality and stressing the urgent need for
the development of new language policies. Both aspects of ELF are at the center of discussion
in the proposed volume which consists of a variety of papers examining ELF in different parts
of Europe (Eastern Central and Western) and different levels of education. The volume makes a
substantial contribution to the lively and controversial debate about what is recognized as a
central topical concern of language education policy in Europe and beyond.
