Negotiating Englishes and English-Speaking Identities

Aiello, Jacqueline

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“…It is emphasised by one Swedish participant reporting the use of 'Mid-Atlantic English' (Modiano, 2002), a mixture of American and British English pronunciation features which is not used by native speakers of English, making it similar to an artificial variety of English like Euro-English. This tendency among the Swedish teachers in this study is in line with Rindal and Piercy's (2013) and Aiello's (2018) reports of European speakers of English aiming for fluent non-nativeness and at the same time distancing themselves from native language ideologies. There are, hence, teachers in our sample who can imagine using (and in fact do use) an artificially created variety of English in teaching, a fact that raises the question as to why they cannot imagine using Euro-English.…”

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European English in the EFL classroom?

Mohr¹,

Jansen²,

Forsberg³

2019

English Today

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The UK is facing important changes in the near future, with Brexit, i.e. the UK leaving the European Union (EU), looming ever more closely on the horizon. These important political and economic changes will certainly have an influence on Europe as a whole, and have had linguistic consequences for the English language, such as Brexit-related neologisms (Lalić-Krstin & Silaški, 2018). As Modiano (2017a) suggests, Brexit might also have an influence on the status of the English language in the EU, in particular with regard to the dominance of native speaker varieties. In this article, we discuss the possibility of the use of a neutral European English variety in the EFL classrooms of two EU member states, i.e. Sweden and Germany. Based on a survey among 80 practitioners in secondary schools (first results were presented in Forsberg, Mohr & Jansen, 2019), the study investigates attitudes towards target varieties of English in general, and European English or ‘Euro-English’ (cf. Jenkins, Modiano & Seidlhofer, 2001; Modiano 2003) in particular, after the referendum in June 2016.

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Section: Teachers' Reported Use Of Other Varieties Of Englishsupporting

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European English in the EFL classroom?

Mohr¹,

Jansen²,

Forsberg³

2019

English Today

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“…They are immersed in a ‘global’ culture and continuously receive input from the borderless world of social media, which have taken over from radio and television as news providers. In a study of Italian youth learning English in 2012–2013 carried out by Aiello (2018), secondary school students declared to be interested in the study of English especially for ‘utilitarian’ reasons, that is, because knowing English will allow them to travel more and work abroad; in short, they see English as an essential component for increasing their personal potential in their future experiences and careers. They still consider a ‘native’ pronunciation more desirable and admit that Italians are generally not very good at learning foreign languages compared to their peers of other nationalities, but share a positive attitude toward their own capabilities as learners of English.…”

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Revisiting attitudes toward English in present‐day Italy

Pulcini

2024

World Englishes

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English is the most popular foreign language in present‐day Italy. Most Italians believe that it is useful in the job market and a symbol of modernity, professionalism and technological advancement. Italy has been in contact with English‐speaking countries for centuries, but only after the end of World War II have the English language and Anglo‐American culture influenced Italian society in a visible way. English has transferred many loanwords into Italian, especially in the specialized terminologies of ICT, economy and finance. English buzzwords, slogans or pseudo‐English neologisms are ubiquitous in the Italian linguistic landscape. Starting from a picture of the current situation, this paper tries to outline the status of English today, considering the growing pressures of internationalization in business, education and media communication. Favourable attitudes are widespread in the younger generations, while more conservative views on the hegemony of English in Italy are held by some linguists, institutions and nationalist opinion‐makers.

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Accessing a global community through L2 learning: a comparative study on the relevance of international posture to EFL and LOTE students

Amorati

2020

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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Negotiating Englishes and English-Speaking Identities

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European English in the EFL classroom?

European English in the EFL classroom?

Revisiting attitudes toward English in present‐day Italy

Accessing a global community through L2 learning: a comparative study on the relevance of international posture to EFL and LOTE students

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