Austrian EFL learners and their awareness of social stereotypes towards selected varieties of British English

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Salzburg, language: English, abstract: Studies on language attitudes have been conducted since the 1960s in various formats with native and non-native speakers as well as standard and non-standard English as a native language (ENL), English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) varieties. This paper aims to determine Austrian EFL learners attitudes towards selected British English native standard and non-standard varieties and whether they support previous findings in the field. In order to do so, a questionnaire containing 20 items was distributed online via social media to Austrian student teachers (N=28).