Is your English good or bad? social representations toward Alexis Sanchez’s use of English in his first interview in that language. theoretical and methodological implications on teaching English as a foreign language
In an area in which the interests of linguistic anthropology converge with those of critical applied linguistics, this study characterizes language ideologies towards Alexis Sanchez’s use of English in his first interview in that language, and it discusses how these allow to evaluate critically the teaching of English as a foreign language in Chile. The results were obtained through focus groups and semistructured personal interviews to English university professors, English university students, and university students who study English for specific purposes. The results show the historical and political nature of notions related to the ideal native speaker, speaking English well or poorly, fluency, the concept of error, etc. These results suggest that the social actors evaluate the English learner’s performance based on an ideal of communication and English language, cultural models that
correspond to cultural and political constructions.
Keywords:
Critical applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language ideology, English as second and foreign language
Contreras, W., Lagos Fernández, C., & Grez, F. (2018). Is your English good or bad? social representations toward Alexis Sanchez’s use of English in his first interview in that language. theoretical and methodological implications on teaching English as a foreign language. Lenguas Modernas, (51), Pág. 77 – 98. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/LM/article/view/51914
