An attitudinal study of English language learners towards English as a global language in a Japanese context

Thesis

This study aims to investigate Japanese English language learners’ attitudes towards English as a global language, to explore the factors underpinning these attitudes, and to investigate the relationship between attitudes and other variables including (but not limited to) learners’ English language proficiency and exposure to varieties of English.

A growing number of studies continue to investigate learners’ attitudes towards English as a global language. The learners’ attitudes pl...

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Authors: Funada, N

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Language attitudes; Language teaching; Global Englishes Orientation Questionnaire (GEO-Q); Global Englishes; Mixed methods research
• Subjects: English language--Study and teaching; Attitudes; Sociolinguistics; Applied linguistics