Teachers’ attitudes towards varieties of Hong Kong English

IF 0.8 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
H. Ladegaard, K. Chan
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Abstract

Previous language attitude research in Hong Kong compared Hong Kong English (HKE) to exonormative standard Englishes, whereas this study uses five varieties of HKE with more or less localised features. One hundred English language teachers were listener judges in a verbal-guise experiment, and the results showed that most of the speakers received positive evaluations, particularly on solidarity dimensions. The speaker with most local features received the most negative evaluation, but the difference was most evident on status dimensions. Thus, speakers of HKE are seen as likeable, competent and proficient, which suggests that Hong Kong may have entered into the nativisation stage of Kachru’s (1983) model. We argue that the recognition of HKE demonstrated in this study should have implications for English language teaching. We propose adopting pedagogies grounded in local language and culture, which would encourage students and teachers to express themselves in localised English, and express a local identity.
教师对各种香港英语的态度
以往香港的语言态度研究将香港英语与规范标准英语进行比较,而本研究使用了五种或多或少具有本地化特征的香港英语。100名英语教师在一项语言伪装实验中担任听者评委,结果表明,大多数说话者都得到了积极的评价,特别是在团结方面。具有最多地方特征的演讲者得到的负面评价最多,但在地位维度上的差异最为明显。因此,香港人被认为是可爱、能干和熟练的,这表明香港可能已经进入了Kachru(1983)模型的本土化阶段。我们认为,本研究所显示的对香港英语的认识,应该对英语教学有所启示。我们建议采用以当地语言和文化为基础的教学方法,鼓励学生和教师用本地化的英语表达自己,并表达当地的身份。
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English World-Wide
English World-Wide Multiple-
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期刊介绍: English World-Wide has established itself as the leading and most comprehensive journal dealing with varieties of English. The focus is on scholarly discussions of new findings in the dialectology and sociolinguistics of the English-speaking communities (native and second-language speakers), but general problems of sociolinguistics, creolistics, language planning, multilingualism and modern historical sociolinguistics are included if they have a direct bearing on modern varieties of English. Although teaching problems are normally excluded, English World-Wide provides important background information for all those involved in teaching English throughout the world.
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