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Asst. Prof. Dr. Pelin İrgin attended 40th Maryland TESOL Conference held in Nov 06-07, 2020 at Maryland. Dr. Irgin’s paper presentation was titled as “English as a Lingua Franca: Out-of-class practices”. This research explores the perceived contributions and impacts of out-of-class English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ perspectives for communication. The findings of data collected from Turkish EFL learners at a state university suggest that English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)-oriented practices out-of-class communication raised EFL learners’ awareness and perceptions towards cultural and linguistic diversities.