Chinese ELF speakers’ perceptions of English in change
Chinese ELF speakers’ perceptions of English in change
Researchers of English as a lingua franca (ELF) have uncovered the phenomenon that English is being shaped by non-native English speakers (NNESs) and justified NNESs’ Englishes on the basis of their conceptualization of English in its changing form. The work thus challenges the presumption that NNESs should follow native English speakers’ (NESs’) norms in international communication. However, it remains unclear whether NNESs see their variations from NESs’ English as the manifestation of this phenomenon. This paper provides some insights into this issue, with the focus on Chinese ELF users’ perceptions of ELF as used by themselves and different from NESs’ English.
The data, collected among both professionals and university students through questionnaires and interviews, reveals the contradiction and struggle within different participants reflecting on their own English in the context of English globalization. While the quantitative data shows the generally neutral attitude towards variations from NESs’ English, the qualitative data illuminates the conflict in their perceptions between NES norms and NNESs’ needs for endonormativity. In light of these, this paper concludes by discussing both the possibility of ELF to develop into its legitimacy in Chinese users’ perspective and some challenges in this direction.
Wang, Ying
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June 2013
Wang, Ying
dae44497-8e51-48ab-8173-7844f152f6e9
Wang, Ying
(2013)
Chinese ELF speakers’ perceptions of English in change.
Changing English: Contacts & Variation, Helsinki, Finland.
09 - 12 Jun 2013.
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Researchers of English as a lingua franca (ELF) have uncovered the phenomenon that English is being shaped by non-native English speakers (NNESs) and justified NNESs’ Englishes on the basis of their conceptualization of English in its changing form. The work thus challenges the presumption that NNESs should follow native English speakers’ (NESs’) norms in international communication. However, it remains unclear whether NNESs see their variations from NESs’ English as the manifestation of this phenomenon. This paper provides some insights into this issue, with the focus on Chinese ELF users’ perceptions of ELF as used by themselves and different from NESs’ English.
The data, collected among both professionals and university students through questionnaires and interviews, reveals the contradiction and struggle within different participants reflecting on their own English in the context of English globalization. While the quantitative data shows the generally neutral attitude towards variations from NESs’ English, the qualitative data illuminates the conflict in their perceptions between NES norms and NNESs’ needs for endonormativity. In light of these, this paper concludes by discussing both the possibility of ELF to develop into its legitimacy in Chinese users’ perspective and some challenges in this direction.
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Published date: June 2013
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Changing English: Contacts & Variation, Helsinki, Finland, 2013-06-09 - 2013-06-12
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Modern Languages
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374998
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