Author(s)

Yan Liu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ The Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United kingdom

Corresponding Author

Yan Liu

ABSTRACT

Second language (L2) education regards a foundation for Second language (L2) learners before they went to English-using situations. China has the largest English-users among expanding markets as results of globalization and modernization. With the increasingly influence of China in international affairs and the increasingly importance in the global economy, the demand for English proficiency is unprecedentedly high (Wu, 2001)[1]. In western, many linguists have researched Colloquial Language Learning in English in many aspects. Normally colloquialism (informal language) learning is defined in the article as informal language learning in Higher education (HE) context. Although the content of colloquial learning has increased recently, the teaching of informal language into the classroom is still limited in China. Chinese English teaching pays more attention to grammar training instead of communicative training, and formal English gained mostly from the prescribed textbook. Therefore, to give a more equality and open-to-world atmosphere towards English learning in higher education, this need to pay attention to the content design and forms of colloquial English using in the classroom. 

KEYWORDS

English Learning; Second language learning; Colloquial learning; Linguistic teaching approach; Second-Language acquisition

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Liu, Non-standard learning acquisition: The use of colloquial language among ELS (English as a second language) students in China higher education. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 47-55. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070508.

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