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Título
Changing Teachers’ Attitudes Towards ELF
Autor(es)
Palabras clave
English as a lingua franca
non-native English language teachers
teacher awareness
teacher identity
Clasificación UNESCO
5701 Lingüística Aplicada
Fecha de publicación
2018-10-26
Editor
Multilingual Matters
Resumen
This chapter will explore ways in which teachers can enhance their
sense of efficacy in teaching English by deeply exploring the concept of ELF.
After revising some basic concepts related to the empowerment of NNS
teachers of English and the need to develop ELF awareness, it will be argued
that current frameworks of teaching are constrained by limitations of two
kinds: exogenous, which are due to what Phillipson (1992) labelled ‘the
native speaker fallacy’; and endogenous, which are set up by self-imposed
barriers, and the ones that teacher training must aim to overcome. The
chapter will emphasize the importance of a change of attitude by teachers
regarding ELF and NNS uses of English, and a five-stage training proposal
will be devised, through which teacher-trainees should gradually develop
an understanding of English language diversity and become aware of NNS
uses of English in the world. Thus, ELF will eventually appear a desirable
goal rather than a poor version of an idealised NS model.
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ISBN
978-1-78892-176-3 (hbk)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788921770
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