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Developing students' awareness of Global Englishes

Developing students' awareness of Global Englishes
Developing students' awareness of Global Englishes

Although research on Global Englishes (GE) has demonstrated the potential for a new perspective of ELT, studies of GE in an Asian ELT context are relatively rare. As current mainstream ELT practice in China still largely emphasizes 'native English', university courses related to GE are scarce. This paper aims to unpack the influence of a course on English as a World Language in Chinese university students' awareness of their own English and GE. Data were collected from students taking the optional course at a university in southeast China. After reporting the findings, the paper further discusses the pedagogical implications of integrating GE into English learning and teaching. It also argues for raising students' GE awareness and applying critical pedagogy in ELT for GE-oriented instruction.

0951-0893
384-394
Gabriel Fang, Fan
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Ren, Wei
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Gabriel Fang, Fan
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Ren, Wei
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Gabriel Fang, Fan and Ren, Wei (2018) Developing students' awareness of Global Englishes. ELT Journal, 72 (4), 384-394. (doi:10.1093/elt/ccy012).

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Abstract

Although research on Global Englishes (GE) has demonstrated the potential for a new perspective of ELT, studies of GE in an Asian ELT context are relatively rare. As current mainstream ELT practice in China still largely emphasizes 'native English', university courses related to GE are scarce. This paper aims to unpack the influence of a course on English as a World Language in Chinese university students' awareness of their own English and GE. Data were collected from students taking the optional course at a university in southeast China. After reporting the findings, the paper further discusses the pedagogical implications of integrating GE into English learning and teaching. It also argues for raising students' GE awareness and applying critical pedagogy in ELT for GE-oriented instruction.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 3 July 2018
Published date: 1 November 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 426935
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426935
ISSN: 0951-0893
PURE UUID: f274d9c0-2a4d-4cd3-93a8-bcb45e898b75

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Date deposited: 18 Dec 2018 17:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 23:24

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Author: Fan Gabriel Fang
Author: Wei Ren

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