EFL speech: specifying the target
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Ewa
Waniek-Klimczak, Karol Klimczak (Łódź)
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As the discussion as to the choice
and contents of the reference variety for the teaching of English speech
develops, we have asked students of English Department and Economy Department
in the University of Łódź about their preferences and aims in learning English
speech. The main objective is to compare the level of variety awareness,
natural language input and the aims in the case of the two investigated groups
in an attempt to specify the target in EFL speech in each case. The university
student data are supplemented by the answers from a group of young
professionals. The discussion is based on the questionnaire results in the
context of the current debate on the pronunciation teaching target; we will
also refer to earlier questionnaire studies conducted among students of English
(Sobkowiak, 2002; Waniek-Klimczak, 2002) and among employers in the Łódź area
(Klimczak, in press). The main aim is to discuss the target model variety for
advanced users of English in Poland from the perspective of their language
experience and either present or future needs. Apart from the questionnaire
results, some issues concerning the methods of data collection for the study of
pronunciation target in the case of non-English specialists are also briefly
discussed.
References:
Klimczak, Karol. (in press). ‘Języki obce w przedsiębiorstwie: oczekiwania wobec pracowników oraz nauczycieli języków obcych.’
Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz (2002).
‘English speech in Polish eyes: what university students think about English
pronunciation teaching and learning’. In Waniek-Klimczak, E. and J.P. Melia
(Eds.) Accents and Speech in Teaching
English Phonetics and Phonology: EFL perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, pp. 177-196
Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa (2002).‘Context
for teaching English phonetics and phonology’. In Waniek-Klimczak, E. and J.P.
Melia (Eds.) Accents and Speech in
Teaching English Phonetics and Phonology: EFL perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, pp. 139-152