Attitudes towards English in Europe

by Andrew Linn (Editor), Neil Bermel (Editor), Gibson Ferguson (Editor)

Overview

The status of English in Europe is changing, and this book offers a series of studies of attitudes to English today. Until recently English was often seen as an opportunity for Europeans to take part in the global market, but increasingly English is viewed as a threat to the national languages of Europe, and the idea that Europeans are equally at home in English is being challenged. This book will appeal to anyone interested in global English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614517351
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/20/2015
Series:	Language and Social Life [LSL] , #2
Pages:	355
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Linn, Neil Bermel, and Gibson Ferguson, University of Sheffield, UK.

Table of Contents

Series preface v

Introduction: Attitudes to English Gibson Ferguson 1

I Attitudes towards English in Society

1 Attitudes towards English in France Olivia Walsh 27

2 Images of English in the French press Marc Deneire 55

3 Policies and attitudes towards English in the Faroes today Bjarma Mortensen 71

4 Attitudes towards English language use on Greek TV: a threat or not? Zoi Tatsioka 97

II Attitudes towards English in Universities

5 Attitudes towards English in university language policy documents in Sweden Beyza Björkman 115

6 English as an international language of science and its effect on Nordic terminology: the view of scientists Anna Kristina Hultgren 139

7 Communicating across Europe. What German students think about multilingualism, language norms and English as a lingua franca Claus Gnutzmann Jenny Jakisch Frank Rabe 165

8 "It's so natural to mix languages": Attitudes towards English-medium instruction in Sweden Maria Kuteeva Niina Hynninen Mara Haslam 193

9 English as an academic lingua franca in Estonia: students' attitudes and ideologies Josep Soler-Carbonell Hakan Karaoglu 213

III Attitudes towards English in Schools

10 Who owns English in Norway? L2 attitudes and choices among learners Ulrikke Rindal 241

11 Learning English in contemporary Iceland - the attitudes and perceptions of Icelandic youth Anna Jeeves 271

12 English in London: Opportunity or Threat? English and Cypriot Greek in the Greek Cypriot community of North London Chryso Hadjidemetriou 297

13 Teaching English to Young Learners in Europe: teachers' attitudes and perspectives Sue Garton Fiona Copland 321

Index 345