应用语言学习研讨会The Spread of English in China: Evidence from big-data surveys

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• 时间: 16:00-17:00
• 日期: 星期三，5月25日
• 地点: Zhumu, 请联系 Tanjun.Liu@xjtlu.edu.cn 获取线上参与链接

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According to García (2010), the three dimensions of variability in human behaviour towards a certain language, viz. use, proficiency, and attitudes, continue to constitute the core of the study of language spread into the 21st century. This presentation reports upon Chinese people’s use of and self-rated proficiency in English, as well as their attitudes towards using a foreign language (e.g. English) as a medium of instruction in schools. The data sources comprise (1) the Survey of Language Situation in China, which involved over 475,000 respondents selected in a randomized manner from different parts of the Chinese mainland (Wei & Su, 2012), and (2) other big-data surveys (cf. Wei & Su, 2015; Wei, Kong, & Liu, forthcoming).

References: García, O. (2010) Language spread and its study in the 21st century. In R. Kaplan (ed.). Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics (2nd ed.). Rev. 2nd edition (pp. 398-411). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Wei, R. & Su, J. (2012) The statistics of English in China: An analysis of the best available data from government sources. English Today, 28(3): 10-14. Wei, R. & Su, J. (2015) Surveying the English language across China, World Englishes, 34(2): 175-189. Wei, R., Kong, M. & Liu, Z. (forthcoming in 2023). Profiling foreign-language knowing ethnic minorities in China: An exploratory study based on a big-data survey.

主讲人

魏日宁，博士，西交利物浦大学应用语言学系博士生导师、英语教育硕士项目(MA TESOL)主任、中国社会语言学学会常务理事、国际多语教育协会中国区多语能力与多语教育研究会理事。研究领域包括多语现象、老年语言学和量化研究方法。论文发表于《外语教学与研究》、《现代外语》、《语言学研究》、《中小学英语教学与研究》、Bilingualism: Language & Cognition、Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development、System、World Englishes等国内外CSSCI、SSCI和外语类核心刊物。现担任国际学术期刊International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Research & Practice联合主编。