English in Spain

Education, attitudes and native-speakerism

Bibliographic Data

ID2294087
AuthorsEnric Llurda (0000-0002-2943-7092, Departament de Llengües i Literatures Estrangeres Universitat de Lleida Lleida Spain, corresponding author), Vasilica Mocanu (0000-0002-3879-1886, Departamento de Filología Inglesa, LINDES Research Group Universidad de Salamanca Salamanca Spain)
Year2024
Volume43
Issue2
Pages315-331
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/weng.12651
OpenAlexW4394062925
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

Spain has traditionally featured rather low in the rankings measuring the knowledge of English by European citizens, and yet English has been constantly entering different areas of Spanish life and in all levels of education. This article delves into the efforts made at different levels of education to enable school graduates to communicate in English without difficulty. It focuses on how young people conceptualise English: their attitudes towards the language and to what extent they associate it with Inner Circle countries, or whether instead they see it as a tool for international communication. This discussion is complemented with an analysis of the pervasiveness of 'native-speakerism' in Spanish society, which we claim acts as another handicap to the normalisation of the use of English as a lingua franca by Spanish citizens in multicultural settings within and outside the country

Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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