From Learners to Users--Errors, Innovations, and Universals

Autor/in	Ranta, Elina
Titel	From Learners to Users--Errors, Innovations, and Universals
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 76 (2022) 3, S.311-319 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccac024
Schlagwörter	Language Universals; Grammar; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Creativity; Language Usage; Error Analysis (Language); Speech Communication; Language Variation; Native Language; Classification; Language Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kreativität; Sprachgebrauch; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Sprachenvielfalt; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Sprachverhalten
Abstract	This paper looks into the dilemma of what counts as a grammatical 'learner error' in ELT on the basis of recent results from English variationist research and English as a lingua franca research. Examples from these studies show that features often perceived as 'errors' for EFL speakers also occur in ESL production--where they are called 'innovations'--and even in English as a native language (ENL) production--where the term 'spoken language universal' would seem more appropriate. It is proposed that the traditional categorization of English speakers into EFL, ESL, and ENL actually hinders us from seeing the linguistic realities of the English-speaking world, disfavouring EFL speakers in particular. The paper calls for ELT to see EFL speakers as users of the language rather than learners in order to acknowledge their grammatical creativity as similar to that of other speakers of English. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01