Curriculum Design for a World Englishes and Intercultural Communication Course: Survey Research

Year 2022, Volume: 42 Issue: 2, 1143 - 1175, 29.08.2022

Mustafa Uğurlu , Özlem Utku Bilici , Ayşegül Daloğlu

https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.976438

Cited By: 1

Abstract

With the current position of the English language in the globalized world, individuals from different backgrounds meet on the common ground of English, which serves the function of lingua franca. In this connection, currently, a variety of Englishes are in sight, and each speaker contributes to these varieties with his or her cultural being. Considering the limited number of research studies focusing on curriculum design in the field of world Englishes and interculturality, the present study aims at designing a curriculum for a potential world Englishes
and intercultural communication course by obtaining the views of ELT academics and ELT undergraduate students. Survey research model was adopted in the current research study, and data were collected through two online questionnaires. The initial questionnaire was the primary data collection tool and filled by 28 ELT academics and 25 undergraduate students, whereas the follow-up survey was administered to 2 ELT professors, 2 EFL instructors and 3 ELT undergraduate students. Descriptive statistics were computed to analyse the quantitative data, and the qualitative data were analysed using the bottom-up approach. The items selected by more than half of the participants in each group were included in the course curriculum.
than half of the participants in each group were included in the course curriculum.

Keywords

Language curriculum design, World Englishes, Intercultural communication, English language teaching

Dünya İngilizcesi ve Kültürlerarası İletişim Dersi için Müfredat Tasarımı: Anket Araştırması

Abstract

İngilizcenin küreselleşen dünyadaki mevcut konumu sayesinde farklı geçmişlere sahip bireyler, ortak dil işlevi gören İngilizcenin ortak paydasında buluşmaktadır. Bu bağlamda günümüzde çeşitli İngilizceler ortaya çıkmakta ve her konuşmacı kendi kültürel varlığıyla bu varyasyonlara katkıda bulunmaktadır. Dünya İngilizceleri ve kültürlerarasılık alanında müfredat tasarımına odaklanan sınırlı sayıda çalışma göz önüne alındığında, bu çalışma İngiliz Dili Öğretimi (İDÖ) akademisyenleri ve İDÖ lisans öğrencilerinin görüşlerini alarak potansiyel bir dünya
İngilizceleri ve kültürlerarası iletişim dersi için bir müfredat tasarlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Mevcut çalışmada tarama araştırma modeli benimsenmiş ve veriler iki çevrimiçi anket aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Birincil veri toplama aracı olan ilk anket 28 İDÖ akademisyeni ve 25 lisans öğrencisine uygulanmış, takip anketi ise 2 İDÖ öğretim üyesi, 2 öğretim görevlisi ve 3 İDÖ lisans öğrencisine uygulanmıştır. Nicel verileri analiz etmek için betimleyici istatistikler hesaplanmış ve nitel veriler tümevarım yaklaşımı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Her bir gruptaki katılımcıların yarısından fazlasının seçtiği maddeler ders müfredatına dâhil edilmiştir.

Keywords

İngiliz Dili Öğretimi, Dil müfredatı tasarımı, Dünya İngilizceleri, Kültürlerarası iletişim, İngiliz dili öğretimi

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