Introducing Diversity of English into ELT: Student Teachers' Responses

Autor/in	Suzuki, Ayako
Titel	Introducing Diversity of English into ELT: Student Teachers' Responses
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 65 (2011) 2, S.145-153 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccq024
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Language Variation; Intercultural Communication; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Standard Spoken Usage; Language Proficiency; Teacher Education; Language Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Sprachenvielfalt; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht
Abstract	The growing use of English by its L2 speakers for their international communication has started to suggest a need for many changes in ELT, particularly in traditional EFL countries. One of the changes discussed among some sociolinguists is the introduction of different varieties of English from the two traditionally highly regarded varieties, i.e. standard American and standard British English, into ELT. This is to develop students' proficiency for international communication with other L2 speakers who use different varieties. To implement this change, it would be important to provide the necessary teacher education and training. Using Japan as a typical EFL country whose ELT aims at teaching English for international communication, this paper discusses how student teachers themselves worked with a teacher education programme that recognizes the diversity in English and analyses their responses to the idea of introducing different varieties into ELT. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10