The Effects of International Accents and Shared First Language on Listening Comprehension Tests

Autor/inn/en	Kang, Okim; Thomson, Ron; Moran, Meghan
Titel	The Effects of International Accents and Shared First Language on Listening Comprehension Tests
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 53 (2019) 1, S.56-81 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kang, Okim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
DOI	10.1002/tesq.463
Schlagwörter	Pronunciation; Listening Comprehension Tests; Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Tests; International Education; Computer Assisted Testing; Scores; Language Proficiency; Speech Communication; Auditory Perception; Native Speakers; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Hörverstehensübung; Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Internationale Erziehung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Muttersprachler
Abstract	This study examines the effect of incorporating a variety of international English accents into a simulated TOEFL listening comprehension test in growing recognition of internationalization of language teaching and learning in the field of TESOL. Although some high-stakes English proficiency exams have begun incorporating speech samples produced by speakers from a range of inner circle English-speaking backgrounds (e.g., Britain, the United States, Australia), the inclusion of samples produced by speakers of outer and expanding circle English varieties (e.g., India, Nigeria, Mexico, South Korea) has been largely avoided. For this study the researchers recruited speakers from six distinct English varieties to produce speech samples for a mock TOEFL iBT listening exam. Listeners who spoke with the same six international English accents were then recruited to take the resulting tests. Results indicate that when accented English is highly comprehensible, listening test scores for stimuli based on high-proficiency speakers of outer and expanding circle varieties of English are not significantly lower than they are in response to stimuli based on inner circle varieties of English. With respect to a shared first language effect on test scores when test materials are spoken in the test taker's own accent, results are complex but inconclusive. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01