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SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH QUESTIONS

المؤلف:  Corony Edwards Charles Owen

المصدر:  Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education

الجزء والصفحة:  P45-C3

2026-08-11

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SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This project set out to explore the extent to which English language teachers consider their instruction in language variation (as a component of a larger sociolinguistics course) has usefully impinged on their professional practice. The subjects were graduates and current (near-completion) students of the MA TESL/TEFL open distance learning program at the University of Birmingham, an in-service program for teachers employed around the world. What did they remember of their instruction on language variation? How did they rate this course against the others they were offered? Which specific language variation topics did they rate highly or poorly for qualities such as interest, relevance and ease of understanding? Were they conscious of these topics having made a difference to the way they taught English? What kind of difference? And as a result of our findings, should we reconsider our inclusion of language variation as a compulsory topic in their program, or at least review how we present it?