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- Title
Tapestry of Euro-English: A Bosnian Perspective.
- Authors
Plauc, Jelena Ilic
- Abstract
The question of recognizing a new variety of English in Europe has been raised as the nations of Europe have become more politically and economically closer in the last 20 years. Such Euro-English variety that non-native speakers of English coming from European countries develop as their own variety of English has been supported by certain authors and scholars who have gone into the description of English as it appears in various European contexts, and, on the other hand it has been rejected by certain authors due to the close devotion towards Inner Circle English norms and due to the fact that many ELT materials should have been changed and adapted to reflect more typical Euro-English communication situations. Having that in mind this paper attempts to open up the discussion on the emergence of Euro-English in a non-EU country, Bosnia and Herzegovina. There have been 120 ESP students at the tertiary educational level examined and tested for the acquisition, tolerance and acceptance of Euro-English typicalities. It has been noticed that Euro-English variety does need a special status as it serves communicative purposes as do all other legitimate varieties of English around the globe.
- Subjects
HERZEGOVINA (Bosnia &; Herzegovina); TAPESTRY; DECORATIVE arts; EUROPEAN languages; POSTSECONDARY education
- Publication
ESSE Messenger, 2017, Vol 26, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
2518-3567
- Publication type
Article