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The International Aspect: Language, Learning and
Teaching
Györgyi Dudás and Zsuzsanna SoproniIatefl Conference,
Eger, Hungary 2012
IE or LF?We are cancel the card.
It don’t depend on the field.
They need to be persuade the customer.
I can suggest you a cheap accomodation.
We can make a consense.
I think on the front page should be a picture who – which only makes people to spend money to the charity. (Seidlhofer, 2000)
Let’s resume our ideas. (Dudley-Evans & St. John, 1998)
Lingua Franca or Pidgin English – a definition and characteristics
• What it is: a dynamically evolving language used by native and non-native speakers of English for effective international business communication, which is functional, neutral and cultureless
• What it is not: Tarzan English, Newspeak, Ericsson English, Policespeak, Airspeak, Common European Language, Cantonese-Chinese business-pidgin
Statistics
340-450 million L1
240-350 million L2
? FL
Chrystal, 1997, pp. 60-61.
International Business Communication
Earlier Research
• In-service and pre-service professionals
• Native English speakers/teachers and non-native English speakers/teachers
The IBS Context
Nationality Ss % Nationality Ss %
Iranian 19 2,02% Norwegian 17 1,81%
Cameroonian 19 2,02% Russian 27 2,87%
Kazakhstani 29 3,08% Romanian 26 2,76%
Chinese 40 4,25% Serbian 16 1,70%
Hungarian 569 60,47% Slovakian 19 2,02%
Moldovian 33 3,51% Turkish 51 5,42%
German 18 1,91% Ukrainian 16 1,70%Nigerian 25 2,66% Vietnamese 17 1,81%
Total 941 100,00%Active Ss on English medium courses
SampleN=152
Students' contact hours in English
Exempt 16%
4 hours, 34 %
8 hours, 22 %
6 hours, 24 %
Tool
34 item self-report questionnaire with Likert type statements
E.g.
I am satisfied with the progress I have made in English since September. (SUCCESS)
Studying with international students has contributed greatly to my development in English. (INTL)
Findings
• Language• Learning• Teaching
Language
Success in language learning is accompanied by code-switching.
Corr=0,49; p<0,01
Successful learners tend to do and notice code-switching more.Meanhisuc= 3,91 t(128) = -5,051
Meanlosuc = 3,33 p<0,01
LanguageMore motivated learners
communicate more in English.Meanhimotiv= 4,53 t(141) = -3,310Meanlomotiv = 4,0 p=0,03
Successful learners prefer to communicate with peers who have a higher command of English.
Meanhisuc= 0,78 t(122) = -2,739Meanlosuc = 0,56 p<0,01
Language
More motivated learners appreciate IBS English modules more.
Successful learners communicate more in English.
Meanhisuc= 4,49 t(126) = -2,385
Meanlosuc = 4,08 p < 0,05
‘I prefer to communicate with students whose
level of English is … mine.’
higher than
about the same as
lower than
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
20122010
Learning
More motivated learners benefit more from the international environment.
Meanhimotiv= 3,8 t (142)=-2,176
Meanlomotiv = 3,51 p=0,03
‘Learning is the same everywhere in the world.’
21%
32%
30%
10%6%
Strongly disagree Disagree Partly agree Agree Strongly agree
2010
‘Learning is the same everywhere in the world.’
Strongly dis-agree20%
Dis-agree28%
Partly agree20%
Agree20%
Strongly agree13%
2012
Learning‘Learning is the same everywhere
in the world.’
The higher the competence, the larger extent students disagree.
MeanE= 3,73
Mean4 = 3,58 p=0,27
Mean6= 2,97 p=0,18
Mean8= 2,65
The fact that there are students whose mother tongue is different from mine
motivates me to learn foreign languages.
Strongly disagree3%
Dis-agree
7%
Partly agree25%
Agree41%
Strongly
agree23%
Teaching‘IBS teacher adapt to the needs of
students coming from different cultures.’
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Strongly disagree Disagree Partly agree Agree Strongly agree
2010
2012
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