How is EFL perceived by secondary school learners? A study of the role of EIL in a Catalan secondary school
EFL has traditionally focused on native models and target culture materials. English, however, has spread all over the world and the ownership of the language has been discussed in recent literature, talking about World Englishes and the perception of English as an International Language. This piece...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:249553 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/249553 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | EFL EIL TEFL Speaker legitimacy Imagined identities culture Legitimitat dels parlants Categories identitàries imaginades Cultura |
| Sumario: | EFL has traditionally focused on native models and target culture materials. English, however, has spread all over the world and the ownership of the language has been discussed in recent literature, talking about World Englishes and the perception of English as an International Language. This piece of research has explored whether the notion of EIL was introduced in a public Catalan high school and whether the introduction and promotion of this concept had any impact on the learners' imagined identities and, thus, their possible investments in the EFL classroom. The findings of this dissertation suggest that the promotion of EIL had an impact on the students' perception of the language and thus, on their possible investments in class. To a better understanding of the changes in the learners' imagined identities and participation in class, a study with a larger number of students and longer monitoring of their responses to the tasks should be conducted. |
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