English or Englishes? Outer and Expanding Circle Teachers' Awareness of and Attitudes towards Their Own Variants of English in ESL/EFL Teaching Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Monfared, Abbas; Khatib, Mohammad
Titel	English or Englishes? Outer and Expanding Circle Teachers' Awareness of and Attitudes towards Their Own Variants of English in ESL/EFL Teaching Contexts
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43 (2018) 2, S.56-75, Artikel 4 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Variation; Pronunciation; Teacher Attitudes; Language Teachers; Language Attitudes; Native Speakers; North American English; Self Concept; Questionnaires; Affective Behavior; Indians; Preferences; History; Political Influences; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachenvielfalt; Aussprache; Lehrerverhalten; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Muttersprachler; Amerikanisches Englisch; Selbstkonzept; Fragebogen; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Inder; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ausland; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	One of the challenging issues that has gained much attention, and has in fact sparked much debate, within the emergence and acquisition of World Englishes, is the Native- Non-native accent, especially its relationship with teachers' and learners' identity and selection of an appropriate pedagogic model. This paper investigates the attitudes of 260 English teachers from India and Iran as members of Outer and Expanding Circles, respectively. Using a questionnaire, this study measures cognitive, affective and behavioral attitudes of teachers towards their own English accents in two circles which include the most users of English in the globalized world. The results show that teachers in the Expanding Circle (Kachru, 1992), compared to those in the Outer Circle, had an exonormative orientation, favoring native-speaker and mostly American English pronunciation. Indian teachers were in favor of endonormativity, highly valued their local forms of English while they were in favor of British English. Teachers' preferences will be discussed with consideration of the historical and political backgrounds of the two countries which might have influenced the construction of teachers' identity. The results of this study suggest that, together with encouraging and valuing different varieties of English, it is important to acknowledge and promote ways to raise awareness of teachers and learners towards global spread of English. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01