CONTENTS // Lisi of illustrations vi // Acknoivledgements vii // 1 English, the lingua franca of the global academy 1 // 2 The spread of English as a Lingua Franca 22 // 3 ELFA and other approaches to academic English 42 // 4 Researching English language policies and practices in // international universities 71 // 5 How international universities orient to English on their websites 81 // 6 Staff perspectives on their universities’ English language // policies and practices 126 // 7 Conversations with international students 165 // Afterword: Taking stock and looking ahead 206 // Appendix l: Universities in the uvbsite study 211 // Appendix 2: University staff questionnaire 214 // Appendix 3: Questionnaire main and sub-themes 216 // Appendix 4: Interview transcription conventions 220 // References 221 // Index 236