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Autor/inn/en | Fraser, Catriona; Kelly, Barbara |
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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)
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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 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 |