Zusammenfassung
Durch die Vormachtstellung des Amerikanischen (AmE) sprechen Lernende und Lehrende des Englischen aber auch englische Muttersprachlicher zunehmend eine hybride Varietät des Englischen, das «Mid-Atlantic-English». Das Buch befasst sich mit diesem Konzept und hat drei Teile. Der theoretische Teil beschreibt die soziolinguistische und didaktische Rolle der beiden Hauptvarietäten, der empirische enthält die Fragebogenerhebung. Sie untersucht die Sprachverwendung der Probanden und ihre Einstellungen zu den Varietäten. Der didaktische Teil fokussiert die Förderung des Englischen als plurizentrische Sprache. Das Buch zeigt, dass sich ein Paradigmenwechsel in Richtung des AmE vollzieht und der Fremdsprachenunterricht neu überdacht werden sollte.
Abstract
This book examines the increasing usage of a mixture of British and American English in the EFL context, Mid-Atlantic English. The book has three parts. The theoretical part provides extensive background information on the sociolinguistic and didactic role of British and American English in ELT. The empirical part offers a large-scale questionnaire-based study carried out with an important EFL community and UK native-speakers. It investigates participants’ linguistic Americanisation and their attitudes to the two main varieties of English. The didactic part suggests integrating a pluricentric vision into EFL settings through multiple tasks. This book shows that ELT needs rethinking because of the international Americanisation of the English language.
Schlagworte
Americanisms Briticisms EFL-Kontext EFL-Unterricht English Accent English Speakers English Studies English-Speaking Countries Language Areas Lexico-Grammar Noah Webster Soziolinguistik Sprachräume Standard American English Standard British Intelligibility Identity Euro-English Paradigm English as an International Language English as a Lingua Franca Cross-cultural Awareness Cultural Diversity Accommodation Situational Adaptation Skills Singularity Principle Exposure to Diversity Multilingualism Awareness of the diversity of Englishes Varieties of English Pluricentric Language Consistency American English British English- 83–102 4. The Survey 83–102
- 103–316 5. Survey Results 103–316
- 357–374 8. Bibliography 357–374
- 375–376 9. Appendices 375–376
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