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  1. 1. “It is important to understand that there are not just 3 varieties of English” : Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes towards varieties of English

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Maria Chabo; [2021]
    Keywords : accent; attitudes; awareness; English; language; pronunciation; Sweden; upper secondary school; variety.;

    Abstract : The main aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ awareness of and attitudes to varieties of English, especially with a focus on accents. Based on a survey with both open-ended and closed questions, this study is both qualitative and quantitative. READ MORE

  3. 2. English pronunciation in Swedish Upper Secondary School Students : A qualitative study of Swedish students’ pronunciation tendencies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Julia Flisberg; [2018]
    Keywords : pronunciation; swedish students; English; degree project; production; SLA; language learning;

    Abstract : Geographically, Sweden is significantly closer to England as opposed to America, two English speaking countries with two rather different varieties of the language. With regard to Britain’s history of colonization it could be assumed that British English (RP-variety) would be most frequently used globally. READ MORE

  4. 3. Swedish Student Preferences Concerning the use of Native Speaker Norm English in Classroom Teaching

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Sara Engelin; [2016]
    Keywords : native speaker norm English; Swedish English; English learning; attitudes; variants;

    Abstract : This study is based on a previous study made by Ivor Timmis (2002). It explores how important Swedish students find learning English to be and to what extent Swedish student want to conform to native speaker English now that it has become a global language with a multitude of common variants. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘Neutral, native-like or authentic’ : Investigating attitudes and beliefs of expanding circle speakers of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Bianca Melchien; [2016]
    Keywords : accent; expanding circle; language attitude; varieties of English; sociolinguistics; ELF; language ideology; identity; Germany;

    Abstract : The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. However, in the past 16 years, research has tried to emphasize the fact that the English spoken in international contact situations and between people with other first languages than English has different needs than the English spoken locally amongst native speakers, resulting in the emergence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a scholarly field. READ MORE

  6. 5. American or British English Pronunciation? A study on Swedish Upper Secondary school students’ choices of and attitudes towards different varieties of English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Carin Ledin; [2013-03-19]
    Keywords : American English; British English; pronunciation; upper secondary school; attitudes; influences;

    Abstract : This study investigates attitudes towards British and American English among students in an upper secondary school in Sweden. The study also aims at finding out to what extent factors such as TV, film and other media influence them regarding their English pronunciation. READ MORE