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Auteur: Kyong-Sook SONG

Titre:
Variation in Language Attitudes Towards Standard English and World Englishes: Among American and Korean University Students


Abstract/Résumé: In the era of globalization, English is a truly global language and a lingua franca. Today non-native speakers of English outnumber its native speakers (Crystal 2003, etc.), and the model of English (native-speaker, nativized, or lingua franca) that should be used in classroom in Outer and Expanding Circle countries (Kachru 1992, Kirkpatrick 2006, Song 2007, etc) has been a subject of debate. People encounter global citizens of a wide variety of socio-cultural backgrounds, and they need to communicate in a wide variety of English. Based on the questionnaires and interviews, the present study explores language attitudes toward standard English and World Englishes among American university students and Korean university students. This study attempts to answer to the following research questions: (1) What is standard English to American university students and Korean university students? (2) What are reflected in American and Korean university students’ language awareness and attitudes toward standard English? (3) What are reflected in both American and Korean university students’ language awareness and attitudes toward varieties of English, World Englishes? (4) Which model of English do American and Korean university students consider as appropriate in various contexts? (5) What are the implications for teaching English as an international, global English? What are the implications for cross-cultural communications? It was observed that concerning standard English and varieties of English, Korean university students as well as American university students have prejudice as well as open-mindedness, and their language awareness and attitudes are not free from language imperialism and pragmatics.