Whose needs are these anyway: working together to solve problems in English as a lingua franca

This study describes a two year action research project to monitor the implementation of a new assessment brief on an undergraduate programme of study.

In the data collected for the project UK and International students interview each other to obtain information for an assessed task on learning and teaching English as an additional language. The data is explored for insights into the consequences of the new assessment brief. In the second year of the project the assessment brief is adjusted as a result of the data analysis and the subsequent consequences observed. In the final stage of the project a ‘learning object’ for university students and staff who may be interested in lingua franca-related issues is developed.