Exploring native speaker and non-native speaker accents: The English as a Lingua Franca perspective
The relevance of the ideology of the native–speaker (NS) as a model and target in English language teaching (ELT) has over the recent years been increasingly questioned with the emergence of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).Accents that do not conform to NS standards are termed as ‘foreign’ and are...
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my.uum.repo.130332016-10-04T01:24:58Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13033/ Exploring native speaker and non-native speaker accents: The English as a Lingua Franca perspective Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur Raman, Arumugam PE English The relevance of the ideology of the native–speaker (NS) as a model and target in English language teaching (ELT) has over the recent years been increasingly questioned with the emergence of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).Accents that do not conform to NS standards are termed as ‘foreign’ and are usually considered to be something to get rid of by training.This study examines how non-native speakers (NNS) of English view NNS accents in relation to NS accents.The findings show that the respondents consistently ranked NS accents higher than NNS in terms of correctness, acceptability, pleasantness and familiarity. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://repo.uum.edu.my/13033/1/pro32.pdf Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur and Raman, Arumugam (2014) Exploring native speaker and non-native speaker accents: The English as a Lingua Franca perspective. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 253-259. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.288 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.288 |
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The relevance of the ideology of the native–speaker (NS) as a model and target in English language teaching (ELT) has over the recent years been increasingly questioned with the emergence of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).Accents that do not conform to NS standards are termed as ‘foreign’ and are usually considered to be something to get rid of by training.This study examines how non-native speakers (NNS) of English view NNS accents in relation to NS accents.The findings show that the respondents consistently ranked NS accents higher than NNS in terms of correctness, acceptability, pleasantness and familiarity. |
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Exploring native speaker and non-native speaker accents: The English as a Lingua Franca perspective |
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