"Anglophone, Peewee, Two-four ..." Are Canadianisms Acquired by ESL Learners in Canada?

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Hai; McAlpine, Janice
Titel	"Anglophone, Peewee, Two-four ..." Are Canadianisms Acquired by ESL Learners in Canada?
Quelle	In: TESL Canada Journal, 26 (2008) 1, S.11-30 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0826-435X
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Surveys; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Language Usage; Correlation; Language Proficiency; Teacher Attitudes; College Students; English for Academic Purposes; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatz; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Korrelation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Lehrerverhalten; Collegestudent; Kanada
Abstract	This article examines the extent to which ESL learners studying in Canada acquire Canadianisms. Two instruments were used to assess the effect of posited variables on this acquisition: a lexical survey administered to 103 ESL learners in Kingston, Ontario; and a questionnaire about resources, teaching methods, and attitudes administered to their instructors. Results indicate that ESL learners' knowledge of Canadianisms is limited. No correlation exists between the time learners have spent in Canada and their knowledge of Canadianisms. The more relevant a Canadianism is to their life, the more likely ESL learners in Canada are to acquire it. Level of English proficiency does correlate positively with the acquisition of Canadianisms, but the variables of learners' L1 background and classroom English training are not shown to be significant. Two additional findings of this study deserve further attention. First, ESL instructors' attitudes toward teaching Canadianisms vary widely. Second, lexical items specific to a particular variety of a language--for example, the Canadian English vocabulary sampled in this study--may make manifest the assumptions and knowledge tacitly shared in a cultural group. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 7 resources.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10