Examining authenticity from an ELF perspective: the development of listening test papers in Hong Kong (1986–2018)
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Jim Yee Him Chan
Jim Yee Him Chan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include English as a lingua franca, language attitudes, language policy and ELT materials design. Some of his recent work has been published in
TESOL Quarterly ,Language Teaching Research ,Language Assessment Quarterly, World Englishes ,International Journal of Applied Linguistics ,Language and Education, System, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development andAsian Englishes .
Abstract
The present study examined the degree of situational and interactional authenticity in Hong Kong’s listening examination papers throughout the history of colonisation and globalisation (1986–2018) with reference to world Englishes and particularly English as a lingua franca (ELF) research. By means of a detailed content analysis, the evaluation of situational authenticity was based on the context of language use (e.g., speech event type, nature of interaction, identity and accent of interlocutor) in the audio samples, while the evaluation of interactional authenticity centred on the speaker’s use of communicative strategies. Our findings suggest that the speech samples generally reflected the changing situations of language use over time by increasingly adopting dialogue (rather than monologue) and locally/globally relevant language use contexts, but only included native-speaker and (from 2012) Hong Kong English accents as speech models. Despite the lack of non-standardness and speakers of different cultures in the speech samples, there were numerous instances of explicitness strategies relevant to ELF interactions throughout the sample, probably owing to the intent of the listening examination to highlight key information for the candidates. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of these trends in listening paper design for the future development of English language teaching from an ELF perspective.
摘要
本研究參考「世界英語」和「英語作為通用語」的研究, 探討歷史上在殖民化與全球化 (1986–2018) 中香港聆聽考試卷內情境和互動的真實性程度, 並經過詳細的內容分析以作評估。情境真實性的評估建基於錄音樣本中的語言使用情境 (例如: 言語活動類型, 交流性質, 對話者的身份和口音) , 而互動真實性的評估則集中於說話者的溝通策略。我們的研究闡明, 越來越多說話樣本採用對話形式 (而非獨白) 與及使用本地/全球相關的語言情境, 反映語言的使用情況隨著時日而改變。然而, 聆聽考試卷的說話樣本袛涵蓋使用英語母語人士, 及 (直至 2012 年) 香港英語發音作為發音模式。儘管樣本缺乏非標準英語和涉及不同國家的說話者, 但多年來均出現與「英語作為通用語」互動相關的顯性溝通策略, 估計此乃考生需於聽力測試中尋找關鍵信息所致。最後, 本文從「英語作為通用語」的角度討論此聆聽試卷設計的發展趨勢於未來英語教學發展的含意, 以作總結。
Funding source: Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong
Funding source: Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong
Award Identifier / Grant number: 27608416
About the author
Jim Yee Him Chan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include English as a lingua franca, language attitudes, language policy and ELT materials design. Some of his recent work has been published in TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, Language Assessment Quarterly, World Englishes, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Language and Education, System, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development and Asian Englishes.
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Research funding: This work was supported by the Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong and Early Career Scheme (ECS) under the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (Ref: 27608416).
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- The influence of context on language alternation practices in English as a lingua franca
- English as an Academic Lingua Franca: discourse hybridity and meaning multiplicity in an international Anglophone HE institution
- The perceptions of translanguaging through English as a lingua franca among international students in Korean higher education
- Normativity in language teacher learning: ELF and the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)
- Backchannels in video-mediated ELF conversations: a case study
- Examining authenticity from an ELF perspective: the development of listening test papers in Hong Kong (1986–2018)
- Book Reviews
- Hopkyns, Sarah: The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identities in the United Arab Emirates: Wanted Not Welcome
- Illés, Éva: Understanding Context in Language Use and Teaching: An ELF Perspective
- Wang, Ying: Language ideologies in the Chinese context: Orientations to English as a Lingua Franca
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- The influence of context on language alternation practices in English as a lingua franca
- English as an Academic Lingua Franca: discourse hybridity and meaning multiplicity in an international Anglophone HE institution
- The perceptions of translanguaging through English as a lingua franca among international students in Korean higher education
- Normativity in language teacher learning: ELF and the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)
- Backchannels in video-mediated ELF conversations: a case study
- Examining authenticity from an ELF perspective: the development of listening test papers in Hong Kong (1986–2018)
- Book Reviews
- Hopkyns, Sarah: The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identities in the United Arab Emirates: Wanted Not Welcome
- Illés, Éva: Understanding Context in Language Use and Teaching: An ELF Perspective
- Wang, Ying: Language ideologies in the Chinese context: Orientations to English as a Lingua Franca
