Accents of English as a lingua franca: a study of Finnish textbooks  

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Kopperoinen, Anne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 21 no. 1 (2011), page 71-93.
Topik: English as a lingua franca; non-native accents; language teaching; textbooks; teaching material
Fulltext: Kopperoinen_Anne.pdf (607.63KB)

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English as a lingua franca entails the ability to understand non-native accents, and learners of English would therefore benefit from being exposed to accent variation during their schooling. The present study looks into two English textbook series used in Finnish upper secondary schools to see if they expose students to non-native accents of English. The analysis is mainly quantitative (the amount of non-native speech has been calculated) but also qualitative (the contexts where non-native accents occur are briefly looked into). The results show that the majority of the audio material consists of native accents, while only 1 per cent in the first (Culture Café) and 3 per cent in the second textbook series (In Touch) are non-native accents.

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