Abstract Responding to observations in ELF research that Anglophone-centric attitudes towards English are eroding among speakers of a younger generation, this paper demonstrates that attitudes towards English can in fact vary among youth of different social class backgrounds. Drawing on a case study of immigrant Filipino adolescents in Vancouver, this paper examines how class differences of these youth impinge on their lived experiences and the material conditions of their migration, shaping how they negotiate their linguistic capital, particularly their use of English. Data illustrate how such conditions shape their dispositions, their sense of agency, and feelings of linguistic confidence and insecurity. Using Darvin and Norton’s (2015. Identity and a model of investment in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 35. 36–56) model of investment as a lens to investigate the interplay of identity, capital, and ideology in communicative contexts, this paper asserts how contrasting language attitudes are constructed by asymmetrical relations of power between speakers. In the spirit of accommodation and adaptation that characterizes ELF communication, this paper calls for a critical pedagogy that enables speakers to reflect on how they position themselves and others in these contexts, and assert their place as legitimate speakers of English.

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全球化世界中的社会阶层和说英语的不平等

摘要 针对 ELF 研究中观察到的以英语为中心的对英语的态度正在年轻一代的说话者中消退的观察结果，本文表明，对英语的态度实际上可能因不同社会阶层背景的年轻人而异。本文以温哥华移民菲律宾青少年的案例研究为基础，探讨了这些青少年的阶级差异如何影响他们的生活经历和移民的物质条件，塑造他们如何协商语言资本，尤其是他们对英语的使用。数据说明了这些条件如何影响他们的性格、他们的能动性以及语言自信和不安全感。使用 Darvin 和 Norton（2015 年。应用语言学的身份和投资模型。应用语言学年度评论 35。36-56) 投资模型作为研究身份、资本和意识形态在交际环境中相互作用的镜头，本文断言对比语言态度是如何通过说话者之间的不对称权力关系构建的。本着 ELF 交流特征的适应和适应精神，本文呼吁采用批判性教学法，使演讲者能够反思他们在这些环境中如何定位自己和他人，并维护自己作为合法英语演讲者的地位。