Raising Students' Awareness of The Varieties of English  

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Takagaki, Toshiyuki

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: English Teaching Forum (http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives.html) vol. 43 no. 2 (Apr. 2005), page 4-7.
Topik: awareness; student awareness; varieties; english
Fulltext: 05-43-2-c.pdf (444.51KB)

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As a university english teacher in Japan, I often encounter students who come to my class with little knowledge about the dicerse varieties of english that are spoken theoughout the world. They are often unaware that people in countries like britain, nigeria and the united states speak unique varieties of english, or that language variation also exists within each country due to diffrent regional and social dialects. Additionally, they often do not know about the related issue of language styles, which refers to the fact that all individuals adjust the formality of their speech, depending on whom they are talking to and the context. These issues of language variation and stype all fall under the area of study known as sociolinguistis, a broadly defined term that also covers topics such as language policy and english as an international language. Although sociolinguistics is important to language learning, many japanese students who received ...

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