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Publication details [#57944]

Subtirelu, Nicholas Close. 2013. What (do) learners want (?): a re-examination of the issue of learner preferences regarding the use of ‘native’ speaker norms in English language teaching. Language Awareness 22 (3) : 270–291.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language attitude | language proficiency | language use | native vs. non-native interaction | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Different factors seem to confuse learners’ bents as to the use of ‘native’ speaker (NS) norms in English language education: (1) the impact of (duration of) exposure to settings of English usage, (2) learners' perceptions of NS norms as rendering theoretical ambitions or actual goals, (3) the degree to which learners wish to pursue NS norms (entirely or partially), and (4) the impact of others’ conjectures.