ELF is increasingly being recognized as a learning objective in educational standards for secondary schools and teacher education (e.g. in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). ELF pedagogy thus seems to be gaining ground in traditionally “hostile” EFL territory. At the same time, however, EFL professionals on all levels of expertise are still harbouring the suspicion that teaching ELF is all about "teaching incorrect English". Much of the persistent antagonism between ELF and EFL is due to misunderstandings based on hidden differences regarding focal interests and key conceptualizations both in research and pedagogy. In my presentation, I explore ways in which the rift between ELF and EFL can be bridged to provide a common ground for integrated pedagogical solutions. Guidance and orientation is provided by an ensemble of communicative-constructivist principles and assumptions concerning the communicative nature of language competence, language acquisition as creative construction, the status of Standard English as a teaching/learning goal, and the role of speaker satisfaction for communicative success (Kohn 2011, 2014). Against this backdrop, I sketch out a pedagogical approach geared to the requirements and purposes of ELF communication. Learning objectives include awareness raising as well as knowledge and skills development for comprehension, production, and interaction. Special attention is given to enabling learners to trust and explore their own non-native speaker creativity (Kohn 2014). Learning tasks and activities suitable for ELF practice and development are described and discussed with reference to online resources and environments available from various European projects. This includes online BACKBONE interviews with ELF speakers from different European countries as well as TILA lingua franca conversations in videoconference and virtual world settings. Kohn, K. (2011). English as a lingua franca and the Standard English misunderstanding". In: A. De Houwer & A. Wilton (eds.). English in Europe Today. Sociocultural and Educational Perspectives. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Kohn, K. (2014). “A pedagogical space for ELF in the English classroom”. In: Y. Bayyurt & S. Akcan (eds.). Current perspectives on pedagogy for ELF. De Gruyter Mouton.