International Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Their Chinese Accented English in Academic Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Veliz, Leonardo; Veliz-Campos, Mauricio
Titel	International Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Their Chinese Accented English in Academic Contexts
Quelle	In: MEXTESOL Journal, 45 (2021) 2, (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Veliz, Leonardo) ORCID (Veliz-Campos, Mauricio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2395-9908
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Attitudes; Chinese; Pronunciation; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Language Variation; Native Language; Ethnicity; Intercultural Communication; English for Academic Purposes; Social Discrimination; Intelligibility; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; Asians; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; China; Chinesen; Aussprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachenvielfalt; Ethnizität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Australien
Abstract	Dominant processes of economic and cultural globalization have accelerated the use of English as a medium of instruction and precipitated diverse, yet intersected global student mobility, which have resulted in varied forms and uses of English in academic contexts. The present study reports on the findings of research into the attitudes and perceptions of a group of Chinese students studying English as an Additional Language (EAL) towards the legitimacy of non-native speaker (NNS) accents, including their own, as used in cross-cultural interactions in academic contexts. The research aims at unpacking students' views of their Chinese accented English to better understand the ways in which their attitudes towards English accents help negotiate and sustain their ethnic identities in academic contexts. Drawing on a qualitative paradigm, the study utilized in-depth interviews with a sample of four participants. The results suggested that intelligibility is highly regarded at least at the cognitive level, which gives their idiolectal varieties of English greater legitimacy. However, such a hard-developed belief is seriously thwarted by their lived experiences of discrimination over their accented speech, which pushes them back, yet again, to a position of perceived inferiority that hinders their active participation in their academic contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01