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Creating ELF-oriented Lessons Using TED Talks

While ELT is becoming more oriented towards teaching English as an International Language (EIL) or as a Lingua Franca (ELF), most of the ELT materials do not complement the principles of EIL/ELF as students continue to be exposed to native-speaker user models. This presentation illustrates how TED talks by non-native speakers are used to develop listening/discussion lessons for Japanese university students. The presentation will firstly explore the principles for writing ELF-oriented teaching materials. It will then discuss the advantages of using non-native speaker TED talks as teaching material, mainly how exposing students to language user models like themselves can be advantageous. It will then introduce a sample course that uses solely teacher-produced TED talks by non-native speakers.