English as a Lingua Franca in Flanders

Xu, Jianwei; Poel, Kris Van de

doi:10.1075/etc.4.2.05xu

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“…In other words, they chose intelligibility over accuracy for successful communication. A similar conclusion was presented in the study conducted by Xu and Van de Poel (2011) which emphasized that English is recognized as a highly essential means of intelligibility in international communication by non-native speakers. Majority of the ESP students in the study indicated their adherence to the view that the attainment of communicative competence in English was more important than the attainment of linguistic accuracy, which goes in parallel with the claim of Widdowson (1983), in which he put forward the idea that mastering communicative competence, which includes components to clarify a speaker's utterances for achieving intelligibility, is preferred by, especially, non-native speakers to overcome misunderstandings and possible problems in the course of interaction with other speakers.…”

Section: Araştırma Makalesi / Research Papersupporting

confidence: 83%

Türk ÖAİ Öğrencilerinde ODİ Farkındalığı

Poyraz¹

2023

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The study, which was based on quantitative data, sought to shed light on how much ELF influences language learning goals for ESP learners, how they relate to the new ELF phenomena, and how far they are aware of the changing role of English, which was one of the least researched area in the literature. The findings indicated that the Turkish ESP students showed great awareness about the issue that today English is considered as a primary lingua franca that enables them to communicate and interact with others around the world. It was also revealed that besides that they did not place only native varieties of English or only native speakers in their English learning process, communicating with non-native speakers of English had more importance than native speakers of English in their purpose of ESP learning. They did not see the role of accuracy in English as an ultimate goal as long as intelligibility was achieved in communication. This article calls for more future research and effort devoted to enhancing ELF awareness in Turkish ESP programmes.

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Section: Araştırma Makalesi / Research Papersupporting

confidence: 83%

Türk ÖAİ Öğrencilerinde ODİ Farkındalığı

Poyraz¹

2023

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“…Additionally, in a study that included 69 undergraduate English learners, Xu and Van de Poel [8] discovered that English is recognized as a highly essential means for international communication rather than for connecting socially with native speakers. Also, the study revealed that at a micro level, participants demonstrated a preference for linguistic accuracy measured against the native speaker standard form.…”

Section: Students' Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Eflmentioning

confidence: 99%

English as a Lingua Franca: Perspectives from International MA TESOL Students in the United States

Jaramillo¹,

Dávila²,

Jarquín³

2020

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English learning and teaching have taken many forms in the last years. It is studied as a foreign language and a second language, and with specific purposes in technical fields of knowledge. However, in a broader context, English has become the lingua franca of communication and business. This new paradigm has impacted how teachers and learners see the acquisition of English. While some people prefer native or native-like English learning models, others are getting away from it. That is, some prefer intelligible communication rather than native-likeness.Therefore, this quantitative non-experimental study examined international MA TESOL students' perspectives about their awareness of English as a lingua franca and investigated their aspirations and preferences as English learners. The sample was composed of 20 non-native English teachers. Data were collected through an online survey that examined teachers' preferred models of English, beliefs about the most conducive environments for learning English, aspirations for correctness, intelligibility, and fluency. The findings provided empirical evidence that non-native English teachers are aware of the different English varieties and that they recognize these varieties as valid forms of English. This study found that participants put a higher emphasis on intelligibility than on grammatical accuracy if they thought that certain utterances would not impede communication. However, the results revealed a dual orientation in participants' aspirations, where their strong preferences paradoxically contradicted their awareness of the diversity of English varieties and their emphasis on intelligibility for native-like models of pronunciation and lexical knowledge. The implications of this study suggest that TESOL teacher education programs should provide spaces for analysis of the role of ELF in international learning milieus.

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“…Xu & Van de Poel, 2011). Indeed, by using social media, learners get the opportunity to create personal content that can be shared with other users (cf.…”

Section: Recommendation Iv: Develop Didactic Approaches and Methodolomentioning

confidence: 99%