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  1. Reconceptualizing pragmatic competence in ELT: An ELF-aware framework for materials analysis and adaptation

    Article • RELC Journal, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  2. ELF awareness and learners’ realities: a response to Éva Illés

    Article • ELT Journal, July 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  3. Situating Reflection Within ELF Awareness: A Practical and Evaluative Orientation

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, December 2023, Wiley

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  4. Metacognitive and metalinguistic activities can raise ELF awareness: why and how

    Article • Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, March 2023, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  5. Developing Teachers’ and Learners’ ELF State of Mind: The Principles and Premises of The ENRICH Project

    Article • Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi, December 2022, Bogazici University Journal of Education, Bogazici University

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  6. Developing English language teachers’ and learners’ ELF awareness: the background, design and impact of the ENRICH project’s continuous professional development programme

    Article • Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, September 2022, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  7. Developing ELF research for critical language education

    Article • AILA Review, December 2021, John Benjamins

    Professor Nicos Sifakis, Sávio Siqueira, Stefania Kordia, Fan Fang

  8. Designing ELF-aware lessons in high-stakes exam contexts

    Article • ELT Journal, August 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  9. TWO OBSTACLES TO ENABLING CHANGE IN ELF-AWARE TEACHER EDUCATION AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM

    Article • Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, April 2020, Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  10. Mezirow meets Kegan

    Article • April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  11. Promoting Transformative Learning Through English as a lingua franca: An Empirical Study

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  12. English as a Lingua Franca for EFL Contexts

    Article • October 2018, Channel View Publications, Ltd.

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  13. Introduction

    Article • June 2018, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  14. Using English as a Lingua Franca in Education in Europe

    Article • June 2018, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  15. Analysing the different facets of ELF-awareness within different ELT paradigms.

    Article • Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, March 2018, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis, Professor Yasemin Bayyurt, Dr Paola Vettorel, Lucilla Lopriore, Lili Cavalheiro, Martin Dewey

  16. 1. Foundations of an EIL-aware Teacher Education

    Article • December 2017, Channel View Publications, Ltd.

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  17. Raising Teachers’ Awareness about English and English as a Lingua Franca

    Article • November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  18. ELF Awareness in English Language Teaching: Principles and Processes

    Article • Applied Linguistics, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  19. ELF-aware teaching, learning and teacher development

    Article • August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  20. English Language Education Policies and Practices in the Mediterranean Countries and Beyond

    Article • June 2017, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Professor Nicos Sifakis, Professor Yasemin Bayyurt

  21. We defining ELF awareness and underline the importance of transformative learning in ELT.

    Article • Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor Yasemin Bayyurt, Professor Nicos Sifakis

  22. Insights from ELF and WE in teacher training in Greece and Turkey

    Article • World Englishes, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Yasemin Bayyurt, Professor Nicos Sifakis

  23. ELF-Aware In-Service Teacher Education: A Transformative Perspective

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yasemin Bayyurt, Professor Nicos Sifakis

  24. ELF awareness as an opportunity for change: a transformative perspective for ESOL teacher education

    Article • Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, August 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  25. EFL course book evaluation in Greek primary schools: Views from teachers and authors

    Article • System, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  26. Teaching pronunciation in the post-EFL era: Lessons from ELF and implications for teacher education

    Article • January 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  27. Challenges in teaching ELF in the periphery: the Greek context

    Article • ELT Journal, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  28. The education of teachers of English as a lingua franca: a transformative perspective

    Article • International Journal of Applied Linguistics, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  29. Pronunciation Issues and EIL Pedagogy in the Periphery: A Survey of Greek State School Teachers' Beliefs

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, September 2005, JSTOR

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  30. Teaching EIL—Teaching International or Intercultural English? What Teachers Should Know

    Article • System, June 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  31. Facing the Globalisation Challenge in the Realm of English Language Teaching

    Article • Language and Education, April 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  32. Applying the adult education framework to ESP curriculum development: an integrative model

    Article • English for Specific Purposes, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Nicos Sifakis

  33. Asking the Right Questions in “New School” EFL Curriculum Design

    Article • De Gruyter

    Professor Nicos Sifakis