Listening between the Lines: Social Assumptions around Foreign Accents

Autor/inn/en	Fraser, Catriona; Kelly, Barbara
Titel	Listening between the Lines: Social Assumptions around Foreign Accents
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 35 (2012) 1, S.74-93 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Participant Characteristics; Speech; Student Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Pronunciation; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Educational Attainment; Language Variation; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; English (Second Language); Surveys; Second Language Learning; Native Speakers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speaking; Sprechen; Schülerverhalten; Negative Fixierung; Aussprache; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sprachenvielfalt; Ausland; Sprachverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Muttersprachler; Australien
Abstract	This paper investigates the effect of listener attitudes on the ability to understand a foreign (non-Australian) accent. The research focuses on individual listener characteristics, such as attitude and frequency of contact with accented speakers, rather than speech production. Data was collected through a web-based survey and analysis employed both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Correlation was found between a negative attitude toward other ethnicities and ability to correctly transcribe foreign-accented speech, with a stronger correlation between a negative attitude and comprehensibility. Qualitative analysis of participant comments highlighted discrepancies in attitude testing methods and indicated that an accent can inspire many assumptions, the most common being that foreign-accented speakers have a lower level of education than Australian-accented speakers. The results suggest that future research in this area should always try to account for individual participant characteristics. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. e-mail: info@alaa.org.au; Web site: http://www.alaa.org.au/page/aral_journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10