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Title: | "Do you want to sound like a native speaker of English?" : analysis of secondary school students' attitudes towards native and non-native varieties of English |
Authors: | Szymańska-Tworek, Aleksandra |
Keywords: | English as a lingua franca (ELF); ELT practices |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Citation: | Linguistica Silesiana, Vol. 34 (2013), s. 357-369 |
Abstract: | The paper concerns the concept of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and its potential
implications for ELT practices. The paper aims to present fi ndings of the study
conducted among secondary school students, who were asked to express and justify
their desires concerning the model of English they wish to follow. The author of the
study wants to gather information about students’ preferences concerning varieties
of English they want to adopt as models. Are students’ opinions grounded in full
awareness of the paradigm shift that has taken place in current ELT methodologies? Or
do they simply refl ect the status quo of the language classroom that is still permeated
by conservative tenets upheld in the Polish educational system? A questionnaire with
six open-ended questions was administered to 120 students from four senior high
schools. Attitude patterns that emerge from the responses indicate that standard
language ideology is prevalent among the participants. They feel commitment to
native-speaker norms and hold conventional beliefs about the English language. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/1101 |
ISSN: | 0208-4228 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (W.Hum.)
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