World Englishes in the EFL Classroom in Germany

This project aims to investigate the current status of Global Englishes in German English language classrooms, teacher education, and other educational settings. It focuses on a variety of different (secondary) schools types, which are predominantly located in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), learning materials and curricula, as well as centers for teacher education (Zentren für schulpraktische Lehrerausbildung). Different approaches are combined to explore this topic from different perspectives: language attitude studies with students, (future) teachers, and teacher trainers, an analysis of official language policy and learning materials, and classroom observations.

Related publications

  • Lenhardt, Lena; Meer, Philipp. (2025). Exploring L2 English pronunciation and accent aims among German high school students. English Today. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026607842510059X
  • Römhild, Ricardo; Meer, Philipp. (2023). Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Language Education: Current trajectories and alternative perspectives. In Rethinking cultural learning in foreign language education: The inevitable shift from the intercultural paradigm to cosmopolitan citizenship & human rights education, edited by Becker, Daniel; Matz, Frauke; Römhild, Ricardo; Siepmann, Philipp; Marxl, Anika. Trier: wvt.
  • Callies, Marcus; Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp; Westphal, Michael (Eds.). (2021). Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language: New perspectives for teaching and teacher education in Germany. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003090106
  • Hölscher, Verena; Meer, Philipp. (2021). Global Englishes in the second phase of teacher education in Germany: Teacher educators’ perspectives on ELT and teacher education. In Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language: New perspectives for teaching and teacher education in Germany, edited by Callies, Marcus; Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp; Westphal, Michael, 28-45. London Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003090106-4
  • Meer, Philipp. (2021). Global Englishes in the secondary school curriculum in Germany: A comparative analysis of the English language curricula of the federal states. In Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language: New perspectives for teaching and teacher education in Germany, edited by Callies, Marcus; Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp; Westphal, Michael, 85-103. London Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003090106-8
  • Meer, Philipp; Hartmann, Johanna; Rumlich, Dominik. (2022). Attitudes of German high school students toward different varieties of English. Applied Linguistics, 43(3): 538-562. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab046
  • Meer, Philipp; Hartmann, Johanna; Rumlich, Dominik. (2021). Folklinguistic perceptions of Global Englishes among German learners of English. European Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9(2): 391-416. https://doi.org/10.1515/eujal-2020-0014
  • Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp; Callies, Marcus; Westphal, Michael. (2021). Global Englishes and challenges for English Language Teaching and teacher education in higher education in Germany. In Rethinking the Language Learner: Paradigmen - Methoden - Disziplinen. 7.Bremer Symposion zum Sprachenlernen und -lehren, edited by Brandt, Anikó; Buschmann-Göbels, Astrid; Harsch, Claudia, 284-292. Bochum: AKS Verlag.
  • Meer, Philipp. (2018). Toward interdisciplinary research-based teaching in linguistics: Integrating students into project-oriented teaching and research practices at the intersection of (applied) English linguistics and TEFL. Satura, 1, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.17879/satura-2018-3137

Related talks and workshops

  • Meer, Philipp (2022). World Englishes in the classroom: Investigating German learners’ attitudes toward English(es) world-wide. University of Bamberg, Germany/Online, 19/07/2022.
  • Meer, Philipp (2022). “Sorry, buttt sounds a bit unintelligent”?! High school students’ perceptions of Global Englishes in Germany. International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Online, 23/05/2022.
  • Westphal, Michael; Meer, Philipp; Hehner, Stefanie; Callies, Marcus (2021). Global Englishes in Language Teaching. Fremdsprachentag des Fachverbands Moderne Fremdsprachen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Foreign Languages Day of the Association for Modern Foreign Languages in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Universities of Rostock and Greifswald, Germany/Online, 25/09/2021.
  • Meer, Philipp (2019). Global Englishes in English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in Germany [Invited guest lecture]. Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, 13/05/2019.
  • Hehner, Stefanie; Meer, Philipp; Callies, Marcus; Westphal, Michael (2019). Global Englishes and challenges for English language teaching and teacher education in higher education in Germany [Workshop]. 7th Bremen Symposium on language learning and teaching at universities. Rethinking the language learner, University of Bremen, Germany, 02/03/2019.
  • Meer, Philipp; Hartmann, Johanna; Rumlich, Dominik (). Attitudes of German high school students toward different varieties of English [Poster]. GAL 50 - Congress of the German Society for Applied Linguistics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, .
  • Meer, Philipp (). World Englishes in the EFL classroom in Germany: A study into high school learners’ attitudes toward different Englishes and ongoing research projects. Workshop "Varieties of English and Foreign Language Teacher Education", University of Bremen, Germany, .
  • Meer, Philipp; Hartmann, Johanna; Rumlich, Dominik (). Attitudes of German high school students toward different varieties of English. 7th Bonn Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Bonn, Germany, .

 

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