Naslov
Stratification of English as a Lingua Franca : Identity Constructions of Learners and Speakers

Autori
Josipović Smojver, Višnja ; Stanojević, Mateusz-Milan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Teaching and Researching English Accents in Native and Non-native Speakers

Urednik/ci
Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa ; Shockey, Linda

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Berlin : Heidelberg

Godina
2013

Raspon stranica
191-205

ISBN
978-3-642-24018-8

Ključne riječi
English as a Lingua Franca, identity construction, stratification, Croatia

Sažetak
Studies of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) suggest that some speakers of ELF are willing to mark their (national) identity in their ELF pronunciation, which we call the liberal stance, while others want to strive towards native models (e.g. Jenkins 2009), which we describe as the conservative stance . A recent study (Stanojević and Josipović 2010) confirms this, suggesting that liberalism vs. con-servativism towards ELF among Croatian university students is correlated with their major field of study. In this paper we show that there may be a more perva-sive process at play behind the liberal vs. conservative attitudes to ELF, namely identity construction. Based on the results of a questionnaire conducted among secondary school pupils, university students and employees of a company, we show that different attitudes to one’s own accent, the accent of one’s conversa-tional partners and teaching models primarily hinge on belonging to different groups of participants: learners vs. speakers of ELF. Our results support a non-monolithic, stratified ELF model, which allows changes in accordance with the needs and identity construction of its speakers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

Napomena
Rad je kao neobjavljeno predavanje prezentiran na skupu "Accents 2010 : Accents in teaching English across time and space", održanom od 09.-11.12.2010., Łódź, Poljska.

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