An Investigation of Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Attitudes towards Speakers from Three Circles of English

Autor/inn/en	Çeçen, Sevdeger; Tülüce, Hande Serdar
Titel	An Investigation of Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Attitudes towards Speakers from Three Circles of English
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 15 (2019) 1, S.123-139 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Çeçen, Sevdeger) ORCID (Tülüce, Hande Serdar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; Native Speakers; Geographic Regions; Pronunciation; Dialects; Sociolinguistics; Communicative Competence (Languages); Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Muttersprachler; Aussprache; Dialect; Dialekt; Soziolinguistik; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache
Abstract	This study investigated World Englishes from the perspectives of non-native pre-service teachers in Turkey. More specifically, the study explored how EFL pre-service teachers evaluated speakers from different countries of origin, representing the different circle in Kachru's (1985) model, either positively or negatively. To elicit their perceptions of the speakers' English accents, we asked them to listen to audio-recordings of six different speakers representing Kachru's Three Circles of English, reading the same passage, and then to discuss which variety they were familiar with and which one they would prefer. Pre-service teachers' orientations towards speakers from different varieties emerged under the following themes: (i) native speakerism, (ii) intelligibility, (iii) reference to own experience, (iv) potential ownership and (v) potential professional awareness. The findings suggest that, although they were starting to develop professional awareness regarding different varieties of English, to broaden their experience of varieties, and even to develop a potential ownership, they still revealed a tendency to conform to the native-speaker norms and to rate speaker intelligibility according to these norms. We argue that revisiting language teacher education programmes to address the current sociolinguistic reality of English is a must. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01