Professor Anna Mauranen

About the project

Professor Anna Mauranen will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton between 2014 and 2017.

Visiting Fellow and Host

Fellow: Professor Anna Mauranen, University of Helsinki

Host: Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Centre for Global Englishes, Modern Languages

Aims of the collaboration

To develop a comparative study of English Medium Instruction (EMI) and intercultural ‎communication in Higher Education, and to further collaboration with other institutions in relation to language practices in ‎international universities.‎

Fellowship activities in 2014

• ‎Public Lecture: English as a Lingua Franca
• Centre for Global Englishes seminars
• Graduate student discussion groups and seminars
• Research activities: expansion of the original project to include 7 further institutions in Australia, China, Japan, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Spain.

Fellowship activities in 2015

• Finalisation of data collection methods and analytical frameworks for project: "Linguistic diversity on the international campus"
• Attendance at 8th ELF conference, Beijing, with other project partners
• Preparation for future publications

Fellowship activities in 2016

• Ongoing data collection and analysis
• Lecture as part of Centre for Global Englishes seminar series, February
• Keynote speaker at one-day Global Englishes PhD conference, Southampton, June
• Involvement in "Understanding Language" MOOC developed by Modern Languages
• Half day colloquium on "Linguistic diversity on the international campus" project at 9th international ELF conference, Lleida, June
• Preparation for future publication.

Fellowship activities in 2017

• Ongoing preparation of book publication, involving all project partners, and journal article.
• Preparation for end of project colloquium in June 2017 at the University of Helsinki, prior to 10th International ELF Conference.

Links

ELFA Project website

ELFA Project research blog

English as a Lingua Franca conference 9 (2016)

English as a Lingua Franca conference 10 (2017)

Research areas