Orientations towards English among English-Medium Instruction Students

Autor/in	Karakas, Ali
Titel	Orientations towards English among English-Medium Instruction Students
Quelle	2 (2015) 1, S.1-38 (38 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Language Usage; Language Proficiency; Ideology; Native Speakers; Questionnaires; Undergraduate Students; Statistical Analysis; Goal Orientation; Written Language; Oral Language; Qualitative Research; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ideologie; Muttersprachler; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Geschriebene Sprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Qualitative Forschung; Türkei
Abstract	Based on the empirical data of my PhD research, this paper analyses the perceptions of 351 undergraduate students enrolled at English-medium universities towards English in terms of the language ideology framework. The students were purposively sampled from three programs at three Turkish universities. The data were drawn from student opinion surveys and semi-structured interviews. The findings paint a blurry picture, with a strong tendency among most students to view their English use as having the characteristics of dominant native varieties of English (American English & British English), and with a high percentage of students' acceptance of the distinctiveness of their English without referring to any standard variety. The findings also show that many students' orientations to English are formed by two dominant language ideologies: standard English ideology and native speaker English ideology. It was also found that a large number of students did not strictly stick to either of these ideologies, particularly in their orientation to spoken English, due, as argued in the main body, to their experiences on language use that have made them aware of the demographics of diverse English users and of the diverse ways of using English. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01