Exploring EFL Learners' Accent Preferences for Effective ELF Communication

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  • Author(s): Kung, Fan-Wei; Wang, Xue
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research. Dec 2019 50(3):394-407.
  • Publication Date:
    2019
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
    Tests/Questionnaires
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Pronunciation; Preferences; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; International Education; College Students; Classification; Sociocultural Patterns; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Language Variation; Language of Instruction; Mass Media; Native Speakers
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0033688218765306
    • ISSN:
      0033-6882
    • Abstract:
      This study explores Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' attitudes towards accent for effective English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication. Notwithstanding the research conducted on EFL learners' perceptions of different variations of the English language for their language learning, little attempts have been made to investigate their perspectives in detail within the context of China. This inquiry thus intends to bridge this gap by exploring EFL learners' accent preferences for ELF communication. Data were collected qualitatively from 34 students at an international university in China to examine their experiences of EFL learning and ELF communication. Data were classified and categorized based on learners' accent preferences and then coded for analysis from their "learning discourses, cultural media, material conditions" and "social agents". The results point to various sociocultural and sociohistorical variables that have reified their language choices and ideology to further underpin their native speaker (NS) and non-native speaker (NNS) dichotomy.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2019
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1237770