Many scholars nowadays suggest that English teaching in places such as China should be based on English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) rather than native-speaker styles of speech. Crucial for this is the Lingua Franca Core (LFC), the set of pronunciation features that are claimed to be essential for international intelligibility. This paper considers the LFC in the context of China, to determine which of the features of English pronunciation that typically occur with speakers from China should be a priority for teachers. In addition, the paper discusses accommodation to the needs of listeners, something that is a central component of ELF-based teaching, and it notes that the teaching of accommodation skills is practical, attainable, and fun.
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