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AbstractWhile recent research on English language teaching (ELT) in Germany has called for a more comprehensive representation of the diversity of English worldwide, learners’ perceptions of Global Englishes are currently underresearched despite their importance for a successful implementation of this change in ELT. The present paper analyzes 166 German secondary school students’ perceptions of Global Englishes, underlying cultural associations, and stereotypes. To this end, a perceptual dialect identification task, keyword association, and direct open questions were combined in a folklinguistic study. The results show that the informants consider British and American English as general standards and primarily associate English-speaking countries with Inner Circle varieties: British, American, and Australian English. British English is regarded as the default school reference norm, while American English is associated with dynamism and casualness. Furthermore, the students identify Indian and African English(es) as important Global Englishes. Their perceptions of these varieties are, however, less positive and seem to be influenced by cultural stereotypes, which might prompt them to perceive these varieties as funny or unintelligent. We suggest that learners’ existing knowledge of Global Englishes and explicit metalinguistic discussions of variation can be used as starting points to counteract such stereotypes.
European Journal of Applied Linguistics – de Gruyter
Published: Sep 9, 2021
Keywords: Germany; high school; English language teaching; language attitudes; language varieties; Deutschland; weiterführende Schule; Fachdidaktik des Englischen; Spracheinstellungen; Sprachvarietäten; Alemania; inglés; escuela secundaria; enseñanza del idioma inglés; actitudes lingüísticas; variedades lingüísticas
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