World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility

Smith, Larry E.; Nelson, Cecil L.

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“…Some are related to mutual understanding in a context of English varieties [19,20]. However, research on the provision of a WE or ELF encouraging environment is sporadic (e.g., [15]).…”

Section: B Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of International Education on Students Attitude toward English as Lingua Franca

Wang¹,

Ho²

2013

Proceedings of the 2013 International Academic Workshop on Social Science (IAW-SC-13)

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Abstract-English has long been widely used as a lingua franca (ELF) for intercultural communication and inevitably evolved into various varieties due to its nativisation and localization in different contexts. Its recognition and acceptance, accordingly, are crucial for successful intercultural communication, a goal of international education in higher educational settings. Much research on ELF or world Englishes has been conducted and has findings related to attitudes toward the sociolinguistic reality due to the use of ELF. However, sporadic studies have been conducted on attitudes towards ELF of the students in settings where international education of different forms are provided, and none has been done to compare impacts of these forms on students' ELF attitudes. Therefore, the study introduced in this paper aimed to investigate ELF attitudes of students studying in two types of programs in the same university, one type (the first type) with English as instructional means for all courses and to local students and their international classmates and the other (the second type) with English used only in the 4-year English classes. Questionnaire data were collected and analyzed statistically. Results of the study show significant differences in attitudes of the two groups and have implications for the international education to students in higher educational settings.

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“…Some are related to mutual understanding in a context of English varieties [19,20]. However, research on the provision of a WE or ELF encouraging environment is sporadic (e.g., [15]).…”

Section: B Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of International Education on Students Attitude toward English as Lingua Franca

Wang¹,

Ho²

2013

Proceedings of the 2013 International Academic Workshop on Social Science (IAW-SC-13)

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“…Nevertheless, it has been proved that English users will not increase their problems in cross-cultural communication if they intentionally get familiar with more English varieties [4]. One way to get students exposed to various varieties in classroom is to introduce speakers of different varieties [5].…”

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Incorporating World English into ELT in Chinese Universities: Issues and Strategies

Li¹

2016

Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Education, Management Science and Economics

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Abstract-English norm in the Inner Circle countries or specifically the Anglo-American norm has long been viewed as the standard in English language teaching and learning at colleges and universities in China. After introducing English varieties and nativised varieties in particular, the paper presents problems resulting from the tendency in Chinese universities. And then it focuses on how to address these issues: Practices in colleges' deciding on teaching staff, content and methods need to be adjusted; college students' learning objectives and attitude toward English learning should be optimized; the curriculum of English courses should be enriched and accordingly assessment of students' English learning efficiency should be redesigned. However, it has also been noted in the end that reform of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Chinese universities needs not only English teachers' participation but also other forces to take positive roles, such as administrators at colleges and policy makers in the education department.

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“…Apart from a few cases (Smith, 1992;Munro & Derwing, 1995;Munro et al, 2006;Atechi, 2006), where the researchers adopted a dual-sided approach, the investigation is generally done to check to what extent the non-native speaker is intelligible or comprehensible in the ears and mind of the native speaker. According to Kachru's (1988:2) three concentric circles, the native speakers of English are found in the Inner Circle.…”

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The Mutual Intelligibility of Cameroon English and Indian English Speakers

Safotso¹

2015

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This study investigates the mutual intelligibility of Cameroon English and Indian English speakers. From the data collected in oral reading on various aspects of English and in free speech by Cameroon English speakers and Indian English speakers, the analysis is done from the New Englishes and Contrastive Analysis frame. The findings show that, contrary to the presupposed mutual intelligibility of native English speech on the one hand, and the mutual intelligibility of non-native English speech on the other, some non-native speakers of English face almost the same difficulty understanding other non-native speakers like the native speakers. Though many new Englishes share a number of common features that differentiate them from native Englishes, each variety of non-native English has some features which prevent it from being fully understood by both native speakers and speakers of other non-native varieties of English.

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World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility

Cited by 64 publications

References 11 publications

Impact of International Education on Students Attitude toward English as Lingua Franca

Impact of International Education on Students Attitude toward English as Lingua Franca

Incorporating World English into ELT in Chinese Universities: Issues and Strategies

The Mutual Intelligibility of Cameroon English and Indian English Speakers

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