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Teachers’ attitudes to English varieties in listening comprehension for L2 learners of English in Swedish upper secondary school.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities, English.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Listening comprehension is considered one of the more difficult language skills to teach, which has caused a debate regarding what impact English varieties have on the learners of English. Previous research is divided, with researchers stating that English varieties influence intelligibility and comprehensibility of speech in listening comprehension, while others claim it has no effect. This study aims to investigate Swedish teachers’ attitudes to English varieties in listening comprehension and what affects their choice of teaching material used in listening comprehension contexts. A survey was conducted alongside semi-structured interviews with teachers from upper secondary schools in Sweden. Four counties in Sweden were randomly selected, and all the teachers from each county were contacted with requests to participate in the study. In total, 35 teachers answered the survey, and six participated in the interviews. The results show that teachers are united in that learners of English should be exposed to different English varieties in listening comprehension. However, they are divided on its importance in other contexts, such as if the content of the teaching material used in listening comprehension is more important than the English variety used. They are also divided on if the English varieties affected their choice of teaching material to use in listening comprehension at all.

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2022. , p. 64
Keywords [en]
English varieties, listening comprehension, teachers’ attitudes, English language teaching
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-40070OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-40070DiVA, id: diva2:1701557
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English
Educational program
Upper Secondary Teacher Education Programme
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Available from: 2022-10-06 Created: 2022-10-06 Last updated: 2022-10-06Bibliographically approved

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