ELF-Informed Pedagogy for Global Citizenship: Multimodal, Intercultural, and Pragmatic Approaches

As global communication continues to expand across cultural and digital boundaries, the role of English has increasingly shifted from a native-speaker model to a shared lingua franca used among diverse speakers worldwide. This transformation has challenged traditional approaches to English language education that prioritize fixed linguistic norms and monolingual standards of communication. In response, there is growing recognition of the need for more flexible, adaptive, and context-sensitive approaches that reflect the realities of multilingual and multicultural interaction. Multimodal forms of communication have also become increasingly important in how meaning is created and negotiated across global contexts. These evolving perspectives position English language education as not only a tool for communication, but also a means of fostering intercultural awareness, ethical engagement, and global citizenship. ELF-Informed Pedagogy for Global Citizenship: Multimodal, Intercultural, and Pragmatic Approaches examines the changing role of English language education within increasingly interconnected and multilingual societies. Drawing from English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research, this book challenges conventional language teaching models centered on native-speaker standards by emphasizing communicative flexibility, intercultural understanding, and meaning-making across diverse cultural contexts. Covering topics such as agency and positioning across critical awareness, native-speakerism, and visual language as a lingua franca, this book is a fundamental academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, English language educators, TESOL practitioners, curriculum developers, instructional designers, digital learning specialist, policymakers, and more.