This qualitative study investigated the positions of the Thai professional writers towards Thai English. Data was collected from in-depth interviews of 20 Thai bilingual writers. The findings revealed that most of the writers had different ways to distant themselves from Thai English. The majority of the participants expressed a marginalized view toward their English. Their attitudes were greatly influenced by the hegemonic Standard English. Evidently, Thai perceptions of the English language conformed to a colonial, hierarchical standpoint which privileged the types of English spoken and written within the U.S. and Great Britain and denigrated spoken and written Thai English. The study not only reflected the reality of World Englishes but also addressed political aspect of language use related with identity, power, and hierarchical discourse. It clearly indicated the political nature of teaching English and called for a reconsideration of teaching practices in countries where English is not the native language.
2023. Whose English should be talked and taught? Views from international English teachers in Thai higher education. Language Teaching Research
Boonsuk, Yusop & Fan Fang
2022. Perennial Language Learners or Competent Language Users: An Investigation of International Students’ Attitudes towards Their Own and Native English Accents. RELC Journal 53:1 ► pp. 40 ff.
Tupas, Ruanni & Csilla Weninger
2022. Mapping Out Unequal Englishes in English-Medium Classrooms. Journal of Language, Identity & Education 21:5 ► pp. 347 ff.
Ambele, Eric A. & Yusop Boonsuk
2021. Voices of learners in Thai ELT classrooms: a wake up call towards teaching English as a lingua franca. Asian Englishes 23:2 ► pp. 201 ff.
Boonsuk, Yusop, Eric A. Ambele & Jim McKinley
2021. Developing awareness of Global Englishes: Moving away from ‘native standards’ for Thai university ELT. System 99 ► pp. 102511 ff.
Tarrayo, Veronico N., Mark B. Ulla & Panya Lekwilai
2021. Does Thai English exist? Voices from English language teachers in two Thai universities. Asian Englishes 23:3 ► pp. 280 ff.
Tarrayo, Veronico N., Mark B. Ulla & Panya Lekwilai
2021. Perceptions toward Thai English: A study of university English language teachers in Thailand. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 18:4 ► pp. 374 ff.
Canilao, Maria Luz Elena N.
2020. Foregrounding Philippine Englishes in fostering linguistic equality. Asian Englishes 22:2 ► pp. 195 ff.
Foo, Amanda Limin & Ying‐Ying Tan
2019. Linguistic insecurity and the linguistic ownership of English among Singaporean Chinese. World Englishes 38:4 ► pp. 606 ff.
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