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The relationships between learner‐related variables and attitudes towards standard accents and pronunciation assessment: A large‐scale study of secondary‐level EFL learners in Hong Kong

open access: yesTESOL Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024.
Abstract Despite scholars' advocacy of intelligibility over nativelikeness in the EFL education context, many learners still seem to favour standard British and American accents. However, comparisons across studies have shown some changes in learners' perceptions, suggesting a move away from standard accent orientation.
Art Tsang
wiley   +1 more source

“Paradigm Shift”: An Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Teaching English as an International Language [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of TESOL Studies, 2019
The unprecedented use of English as a means of international and intercultural communication around the world has made it increasingly unrealistic and inappropriate to hold to the native speaker norms. This paper examines preservice teachers’ perceptions
Liping Wei
doaj  

Exploring English Teachers' attitudes towards Pronunciation issues and varieties of English in three circles of world Englishes [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Research on English Language, 2017
Drawing on the literature on the emergence of different varieties of English in the globalized world, current debates surrounding English as an international language (EIL), and more orientation towards intelligibility and mutual understanding in ...
Mohammad Khatib, Abbas Monfared
doaj   +1 more source

The Ambivalences of English Lessons Existing in Indonesian Primary Schools

open access: yesIndonesian TESOL Journal, 2022
This article discusses policies governing the English curriculum in Indonesian primary schools. English, as local content or as an extracurricular subject delegated to each school, creates inequality in primary school education as some primary schools ...
Yuli Astutik, Ahmad Munir
doaj   +1 more source

Intersectional lens to the study of racism in TESOL leadership: A narrative inquiry of a Nonnative English‐speaking leader (NNESL) exposing epistemological and institutional racism

open access: yesTESOL Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024.
Abstract Racism in TESOL and other academic fields is nothing new, nor are discussions on the topic. However, a majority of the racist encounters discussed in existing literature report on the negative experiences of language teachers and/or students. An area that has historically been ignored and is long due exploration is the negative experiences of ...
Kashif Raza, Zohreh Eslami
wiley   +1 more source

World Englishes and Cultural Linguistics: Theory and research

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 360-378, September 2024.
Abstract This article explores the evolution of Cultural Linguistics, its fusion with Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Sociolinguistics, and its application to the study of world Englishes, emphasising the cultural dimension of language and cognition.
Frank Polzenhagen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish students' language‐learning perezhivanie, learner identities, and transformation of self

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 1032-1045, August 2024.
Abstract This study used the Vygotskian concept of perezhivanie, an emotionally lived experience, to examine the identities of two Turkish language learners. Learner identity has been researched from social and psychological perspectives; however, the role of emotion and its relationship with cognition has not been sufficiently addressed.
Yeşim Bektaş‐Çetinkaya
wiley   +1 more source

ESTUDOS SOBRE A LINGUA INGLESA E A NOÇÃO DE LÍNGUA INTERNACIONAL

open access: yesTravessias, 2016
The use of English has been increasingly growing all around the world. Thereby, new theoretical perspectives about the use and teaching English appear all the time, and English as an International Language (EIL) has become one of the main perspectives ...
Marcia Regina Pawlas Carazzai   +1 more
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Prospective English language teachers' understandings of global English language teaching

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 59, Issue 2, June 2024.
Abstract Despite various calls for a thorough re‐conceptualization of current English language teaching (ELT) practices, incorporating courses for critical perspectives on linguistic and cultural diversity is still a major challenge in most teacher education programmes in many English as a foreign language (EFL) countries.
Reyhan Aslan, Zekiye Özer Altınkaya
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and other feedback: Integrating intercultural learning in the Digital Age

open access: yesThe EUROCALL Review, 2020
This mixed method case study explored globalization and complex relationships through a virtual exchange project between students from Germany and Colombia in upper intermediate level English classes.
Angela Bailey, Alice Gruber
doaj   +1 more source

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