Sökning: "World Englishes"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden World Englishes.
1. Is it enough to be understood? A study of teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom
L3-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaSammanfattning : This study investigates teacher attitudes towards accent in the EFL classroom. The central theoretical base for this study is English as a lingua franca (ELF), which proposes that intelligibility is the key to communication in English between people from different backgrounds. LÄS MER
2. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. LÄS MER
3. Non-Standard Article Use in Pakistani English : An Attitudinal Study
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : This essay explores Pakistani English teachers’ attitudes towards non-standard article use in Pakistani English. It uses the theories of Kachru (1985), Modiano (1999a, 1999b, 2020) and Schneider (2003, 2007) on World Englishes as well as previous research on Pakistani English. LÄS MER
4. Second language teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward World Englishes : Factors of comprehensibility and accent perception and acceptance
Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapSammanfattning : This study aimed to investigate L2 Swedish teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards WE accents. The results suggest that Swedish language teachers have a positive attitude towards diverse English accents despite showing favoritism towards privileged varieties such as AmE and BrE. LÄS MER
5. Navigating the Many Englishes of the World in the Classroom : Teachers’ Attitudes Towards English Accents and How They Work with Accents in the Classroom
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitetSammanfattning : According to the curriculum for upper secondary school, various English accents should be introduced. However, it does not state what accents and how these should be introduced. Both American and British English have had a historical stronghold in Sweden, with both having been preferred in previous curriculums. LÄS MER