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Schurz, Alexandra, Coumel, Marion and Hüttner, Julia (2022) Accuracy and fluency teaching and the role of extramural English : a tale of three countries. Languages, 7 (1). e35. doi:10.3390/languages7010035 ISSN 2226-471X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7010035
Abstract
European learners of English are increasingly using this language recreationally, which is referred to as Extramural English (henceforth EE). The level of EE use in a given country might be reflected in English Language Teaching (ELT) practices. Yet, no research so far has examined cross-nationally what potential for language learning teachers perceive in their learners’ EE engagement and how this relates to ELT practices. To address this gap, the present study draws on interview data from lower secondary English teachers from Austria, France, and Sweden (n = 20). They were enquired about (1) their students’ EE engagement and its effects on learning, (2) their accuracy and fluency teaching methods, and (3) the perceived link between EE and ELT. Swedish teachers seemed to have a more positive and fine-grained conceptualization of the impact of EE on learning than Austrian and French participants, especially in terms of grammar acquisition. The implicit learning environment that Swedish students encounter extramurally might extend to the classroom, where the use of explicit grammar rules occurs less dominantly than in the Austrian and French samples. The countries converged in the type of fluency-based instruction they reported. Gaps in language areas not (fully) developed through EE seem to be more intentionally addressed in ELT in Sweden.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Second language acquisition -- Sociological aspects, Second language acquisition -- Psychological aspects, Culturally relevant pedagogy, Language arts | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Languages | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 2226-471X | ||||||
Official Date: | 14 February 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Article Number: | e35 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/languages7010035 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** History: accepted 05-02-2022; pub-electronic 14-02-2022. ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 March 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 March 2022 | ||||||
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