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Varieties of English and Thai secondary school students’ standpoints

Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

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Main Author: Phitsinee, Koad
Other Authors: phitsineekoad@gamil.com
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2014
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Varieties of English
Attitude
Acceptance
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34639
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spelling my.unimap-346392014-05-22T07:55:38Z Varieties of English and Thai secondary school students’ standpoints Phitsinee, Koad phitsineekoad@gamil.com Varieties of English Attitude Acceptance Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. The role of English in the inter-connected world nowadays is increase significantly as the international lingua franca. Consequently, varieties of accents, lexical choices, and grammar patterns become challenging. Thailand prepares for the 2015 ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with many education programs to advance English skill development. A traditional belief of English teaching and learning in Thailand focuses on the notion of the native-like English which runs contrary to the reality where the non-native-like English varieties exist. This presentation discusses the Thai secondary school students’ attitudes toward varieties of English. Three characteristic themes were emerged from interviewing 12 students namely the Nativeness Believers, the Flexible Englishers, and the Varieties Supporters. The Nativeness Believers were characterized as students who supported the sole use of native English accent and grammar. The Flexible Englishers illustrated the students who normally supported the native English accent or grammar, but allowed the use of other varieties as far as the intelligibility remained. The Varieties Supporters were characterized as students who accepted the differences or the varieties of ELF without the condition of intelligibility or understandability. The findings revealed that most of the students were the Flexible Englishers and could somewhat accept varieties of English. The majority of the interviewees were the Flexible Englishers. However, there attitudes toward the varieties of English were interchangeable depends on the usage of the language in a particular situation. The results of the study indicate that the students in the current era where English become a lingua franca of ASEAN are more opened to the non-native varieties of English. Thus, the English language teaching and learning, and language beliefs should be adapted to best advantage the learners of English in the Thai context. 2014-05-22T07:55:38Z 2014-05-22T07:55:38Z 2014-02 Working Paper http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34639 en Proceeding of Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 14);2014 Universiti Malaysia Perlis Centre of International Languages
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topic Varieties of English
Attitude
Acceptance
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Attitude
Acceptance
Phitsinee, Koad
Varieties of English and Thai secondary school students’ standpoints
description Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
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