---
_id: '41220'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n               <jats:p>In line with
    international developments in applied linguistics, school curricula in Germany
    have begun to demand that Global Englishes be included in English Language Teaching.
    However, the perspectives of German school students, the main addressees of such
    a shift, are little explored. This article investigates the attitudes to and familiarity
    with different Englishes among 160 German high school students, using a mix of
    direct and indirect attitude elicitation methods and a nationality identification
    task. Informants rated (speakers of) Standard Southern British (StSBrE), Standard
    American (StAmE), Indian (IndE), German (GerE), and African/Kenyan English (AfrE/KenE).
    Multivariate analyses revealed that informants are most familiar with StSBrE and
    StAmE. StSBrE and, to a smaller degree, StAmE are perceived as reference norms,
    while English as a Second Language (ESL) varieties, especially IndE are rated
    negatively for competence, professionalism, and intelligibility. Familiarity with
    specific English as a First/Native Language varieties is linked to more positive
    attitudes. The observed congruence of directly and indirectly elicited attitudes
    suggests that changes put forth in language curricula have not influenced language
    attitudes (yet).</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Philipp
  full_name: Meer, Philipp
  last_name: Meer
- first_name: Johanna
  full_name: Hartmann, Johanna
  last_name: Hartmann
- first_name: Dominik
  full_name: Rumlich, Dominik
  id: '76026'
  last_name: Rumlich
  orcid: 0000-0001-8682-450X
citation:
  ama: Meer P, Hartmann J, Rumlich D. Attitudes of German high school students toward
    different varieties of English. <i>Applied Linguistics</i>. 2021;43(3):538-562.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">10.1093/applin/amab046</a>
  apa: Meer, P., Hartmann, J., &#38; Rumlich, D. (2021). Attitudes of German high
    school students toward different varieties of English. <i>Applied Linguistics</i>,
    <i>43</i>(3), 538–562. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Meer_Hartmann_Rumlich_2021, title={Attitudes of German high school
    students toward different varieties of English}, volume={43}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">10.1093/applin/amab046</a>},
    number={3}, journal={Applied Linguistics}, publisher={Oxford University Press
    (OUP)}, author={Meer, Philipp and Hartmann, Johanna and Rumlich, Dominik}, year={2021},
    pages={538–562} }'
  chicago: 'Meer, Philipp, Johanna Hartmann, and Dominik Rumlich. “Attitudes of German
    High School Students toward Different Varieties of English.” <i>Applied Linguistics</i>
    43, no. 3 (2021): 538–62. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046</a>.'
  ieee: 'P. Meer, J. Hartmann, and D. Rumlich, “Attitudes of German high school students
    toward different varieties of English,” <i>Applied Linguistics</i>, vol. 43, no.
    3, pp. 538–562, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">10.1093/applin/amab046</a>.'
  mla: Meer, Philipp, et al. “Attitudes of German High School Students toward Different
    Varieties of English.” <i>Applied Linguistics</i>, vol. 43, no. 3, Oxford University
    Press (OUP), 2021, pp. 538–62, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046">10.1093/applin/amab046</a>.
  short: P. Meer, J. Hartmann, D. Rumlich, Applied Linguistics 43 (2021) 538–562.
date_created: 2023-01-31T14:40:44Z
date_updated: 2026-07-03T11:12:32Z
doi: 10.1093/applin/amab046
intvolume: '        43'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- Linguistics and Language
- Language and Linguistics
- Communication
language:
- iso: eng
page: 538-562
publication: Applied Linguistics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0142-6001
  - 1477-450X
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
status: public
title: Attitudes of German high school students toward different varieties of English
type: journal_article
user_id: '43976'
volume: 43
year: '2021'
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