期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：50
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：British and American English are the popular varieties of English Language. All communication whether formal or otherwise, employs one or more of these. Like most foreign language learners, the learners of English in schools and colleges as well as universities in Saudi Arabia show scant application to language learning. In most cases, college students of English adopt the vocabulary and grammatical structures that they are exposed to in the movies and other multimedia entertainment that they have, which is about all the exposure to English for them. The curriculum too has weaknesses that need to be addressed to enable the Saudi EFL learner to become at the least, a functional user of the language. It is observed that many learners are also unable to clearly make a choice between the two standard varieties of English and rather tend more towards American usages as they see and hear in their favourite American movies. Needless to say, however, many of these usages fall outside the purview of 'formal' English which the EFL teachers would like their Saudi learners to imbibe. This study consequently, presents the Saudi students' preferred pronunciation and spelling out of the two varieties and also explores their awareness of the variety adopted by them
关键词：EFL; learners; spelling; pronunciation; language habits
