Raising Students' Awareness of the Varieties of English

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This article argues that EFL students need to be familiar with different varieties of English. If EFL students hope to enter a global job market, knowledge of English around the world is essential. The author, an English teacher in Japan, proposes doing classroom workshops on language variation and English as a world language to broaden students’ views of language.

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Toshiyuki Takagaki

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2 showing a small white house in a field

English Teaching Forum 2005, Volume 43, Number 2

This issue has a feature article and lesson plan on one-room schools. Article topics include varieties of English, ESL versus EFL, pronunciation, vocabulary strategies, and word recognition exercises.