An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center

An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center

This study investigates the attitudes of non - English major students towards English native speakers’ and non - native speakers’ accents. The participants are 60 Vietnamese non - English major students who are studying English at Spark English Center, Hanoi. The result...

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Main Author: Nguyễn, Thị Quỳnh Trang
Other Authors: Nguyễn Quang
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: ĐHNN 2017
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Ngôn ngữ
Tiếng Anh
Online Access:http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/41084
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Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-410842018-07-13T03:42:50Z An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center Nghiên cứu thái độ của sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh với giọng bản ngữ và phi bản ngữ: một ví dụ cụ thể tại trung tâm anh ngữ Spark Nguyễn, Thị Quỳnh Trang Nguyễn Quang Ngôn ngữ Tiếng Anh This study investigates the attitudes of non - English major students towards English native speakers’ and non - native speakers’ accents. The participants are 60 Vietnamese non - English major students who are studying English at Spark English Center, Hanoi. The results reveal that: (1) students are mostly able to identify the native and non - native accents. However, they are not very good at recognize each variety of English ; ( 2) the students generally rate the native accents higher than non - native ones. The British English seems to be the most favourite among all the accents. Remarkably, Philippine English is also highly valued; and (3) the students have positive attitudes to both native and non - native models of English 2017-05-17T07:57:16Z 2017-05-17T07:57:16Z 2015 Thesis Nguyễn, T. Q.T. (2015). An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center . Master’s thesis, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 04051001181 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/41084 en Luận văn ngành Ngôn ngữ Anh (Full) 43 p. + CD-ROM application/pdf ĐHNN
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topic Ngôn ngữ
Tiếng Anh
spellingShingle Ngôn ngữ
Tiếng Anh
Nguyễn, Thị Quỳnh Trang
An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
description This study investigates the attitudes of non - English major students towards English native speakers’ and non - native speakers’ accents. The participants are 60 Vietnamese non - English major students who are studying English at Spark English Center, Hanoi. The results reveal that: (1) students are mostly able to identify the native and non - native accents. However, they are not very good at recognize each variety of English ; ( 2) the students generally rate the native accents higher than non - native ones. The British English seems to be the most favourite among all the accents. Remarkably, Philippine English is also highly valued; and (3) the students have positive attitudes to both native and non - native models of English
author2 Nguyễn Quang
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author Nguyễn, Thị Quỳnh Trang
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title An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
title_short An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
title_full An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
title_fullStr An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
title_full_unstemmed An Investigation into Non-English Major Students’ Attitudes towards English Native Speakers’ and Non-Native Speakers’ Accents: An Example at Spark English Center
title_sort investigation into non-english major students’ attitudes towards english native speakers’ and non-native speakers’ accents: an example at spark english center
publisher ĐHNN
publishDate 2017
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