Kurt Kohn is Emeritus Professor of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Tübingen (Germany). His professional interests include intercultural communication and foreign language learning, English as a pedagogical lingua franca, virtual exchange and telecollaboration, and foreign language teacher education. Publications: “Foreign language teaching from a pedagogical lingua franca perspective” (Status Quaestionis, 19, 2020) and “A pedagogical lingua franca approach: Emancipating the foreign language learner” (LEARN Journal, 13/2, 2020).