Studies on language attitudes have been conducted since the 1960s in various formats with native and non-native speakers as well as standard and non-standard English as a native language (ENL), English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) varieties. This paper aims to determine Austrian EFL learners’ attitudes towards selected British English native standard and non-standard varieties and whether they support previous findings in the field. In order to do so, a questionnaire containing 20 items was distributed online via social media to Austrian student teachers (N=28).
Table of Contents
1. Conscious awareness of social stereotypes towards selected varieties of British English among Austrian EFL learners
2. Literature review
2.1. Previous studies on language attitudes
3. The study
3.1. Sample
3.2. Method
4. Results
4.1. General attitudes towards the varieties from the present study
4.2. Correlative analysis
4.3. Discussion
4.4. Implications
4.5. Limitations
5. Conclusion and Prospects
6. References
7. Appendices