Exploring English Major Student Teacher’s Perceptions Towards China English
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_114How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- attitude; China English; English language teaching; World Englishes
- Abstract
Under the background of the English language being “a global language” and “an international language”, research evidence in the field of World Englishes (WE) suggests that there is a variety of attitudes toward an emerging English variety in China named “China English (CE)”. Recent research focused exclusively on in-service English teachers’ and students’ perceptions without paying attention to the pre-service Student Teachers (STs). In addition, the perception was studied in a manner that did not consider the varying acceptance of CE in different pedagogical settings. To fill the research gap and further investigate the underlying reasons for such judgement, this study explores the influence of Student Teacher’s understanding level of CE on their attitudes as well as studies the acceptance of CE in pedagogical settings. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 75 participants and a subsequent interview with 7 participants. The finding indicates STs’ understanding level of CE significantly impacts their attitudes to CE and reveals that acceptance of CE varies across different pedagogical settings.
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TY - CONF AU - Hanzhi Zheng PY - 2023 DA - 2023/03/01 TI - Exploring English Major Student Teacher’s Perceptions Towards China English BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 941 EP - 954 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_114 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_114 ID - Zheng2023 ER -