The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context /

• Main Author: McKenzie, Robert M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Educational Linguistics, 10
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Applied linguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Applied Linguistics.

This ground-breaking work is a detailed account of an innovative and in-depth study of the attitudes of in excess of 500 Japanese learners towards a number of standard and non-standard as well as native and non-native varieties of English speech. The research conducted refines the investigation of l...

Table of Contents:

• The Global Spread of English and the Role of English in Japan
• The Study of Language Attitudes
• Relevant Language Attitude Research
• The Research Design of the Study
• Results and Discussion
• Wider Implications and Conclusions.