Normativity in English Oral Production in Finland and Japan

Henna Paakki

doi:10.47862/apples.99132

Normativity in English Oral Production in Finland and Japan

Henna Paakki

Faculty of Arts

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Abstract

This research examines the effect of normativity on difficulties experienced with English oral production in Finland and Japan. Moyer’s classification of factors influencing second language acquisition (2004) as well as language ideology theory (Garrett, 2010; Milroy, 2007) are used as a framework for an analysis of 56 semi-structured interviews with Finnish and Japanese adult learners of intermediate level English. Self-reported experiences related to speaking English were annotated with appropriate codes and analyzed using content analysis. The results show that normativity related to the English language explains many of the difficulties learners experience with speaking English, and that this normativity is essentially connected to social factors as well as instruction and input factors in language learning.

Original language	English
Journal	Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies
Volume	14
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	23-45
Number of pages	23
ISSN	1457-9863
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.47862/apples.99132
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

6121 Languages
Adult second language learning
Oral Proficiency
language ideologies
Sociolinguistics

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