Edinburgh Napier University

  This ethnographically informed investigation, conducted over 28 weeks at a Thai university, explores the discursive construction of a transcultural ‘third’ space by analysing the language practices of a culturally diverse group of English conversation club members from Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. While the notion of third space has been often associated with sites of struggle and marginality, the findings of this study suggest that the dynamic interplay between ELF, interculturality and the physical site of interaction, contribute to the creation of a transcultural space where incompatible norms are actively negotiated, hybridised identities constructed and transgressions celebrated.