Intercultural communication acts as a fil rouge in most contributions in this volume. In the last two decades this notion has been explored and revisited most recently in an ELF perspective in several research areas, e.g. strategic business communication, intercultural awareness, language teaching, teacher education, sociopolitical discourses, as well as intercultural studies themselves. The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a selection of recent, thought provoking papers, and contribute to the burgeoning growth of ELF publications.

The book is divided into three parts that cover three main subjects: 1) ELF, language teaching and teacher education; 2) Communication in plurilingual and migration contexts: attitudes and interactions; 3) ELF in business and academia. It contains twenty-four chapters altogether, written by scholars and researchers who participated to ELF6 International Conference, which was held in Rome in 2013. Their work draws on the presentations they gave on that particular occasion.