Beschreibung
This detailed case study investigates the attitudes of Hong Kong university students to eight varieties of English speech. It employs a range of direct and indirect techniques to obtain in-depth information about the students’ perceptions and also discusses the pedagogical implications of the choice of linguistic model in English language teaching.
Autorenportrait
Qi Zhang holds a PhD in Linguistics from Newcastle University. In 2011 she joined the School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University as coordinator of their modules on Chinese language and culture. Her main research interests are sociolinguistics (world Englishes, language attitudes, dialectology); translation and interpreting (use of machine translation in language learning, community interpreting); applied linguistics (teaching Chinese as a foreign language); and intercultural communication through language learning.
Inhalt
Contents: The Spread of English in the Context of Globalization – Hong Kong English – Attitudes and Language Attitude Studies – Methodology of the Case Study – Data Analysis: Attitudes towards English Varieties – Data Analysis: The Effects of Informants’ Socio-Demographic Characteristics on the Formation of Attitudes – Discussion and Conclusion. Inhaltsverzeichnis
