From Global Englishes to bot-English: Language use in the era of AI

ELF (English as lingua franca) researchers have had a successful series of thirteen international ELF conferences so far. This year, the conference named “ELF14: From Global Englishes to bot-English. Language change in the era of AI” will take place at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University on 11–14 September 2024.

The title of the conference suggests that it will — among other things — reflect on linguistic and cultural implications of AI’s fast progress for both theorizing, teaching, and learning languages, especially English as a global lingua franca. Apart from “traditional” (applied-)linguistic disciplines, the conference aims to bring in novel interdisciplinary impulses from neuroscience to modern technologies, cultural and literary studies, philosophy, and business.

The organisers welcome contributions from all ELF strands with a specific focus on transferring theory into teaching practice.