Measuring the Comprehensibility of Englishes within ASEAN among Aseans

Autor/inn/en	Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala; Teo, Adisa
Titel	Measuring the Comprehensibility of Englishes within ASEAN among Aseans
Quelle	2 (2012) 3, S.22-42 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2249-6912
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Test Construction; English (Second Language); Communicative Competence (Languages); Comprehension; Pronunciation; Oral English; Official Languages; Language Role; Language Tests; Brunei; Burma; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Testaufbau; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Verstehen; Verständnis; Aussprache; Office language; Amtssprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Kambodscha; Indonesien; Philippinen; Singapur
Abstract	This paper focuses on designing a comprehensibility test and a questionnaire for spoken world Englishes in Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, and utilizing the test to investigate the comprehension of Burmese, Cambodians, Indonesians, Laotians, Thais and Vietnamese. We reviewed the demarcation of users of English based on Kachru's (1984, 1985) three concentric models within the bloc's context where two circles--Outer Circle and Expanding Circle are present. The findings established a moderate comprehensibility level of Expanding Circle listeners toward the speakers of the Outer Circle. The variations of comprehensibility scores paved way for the exploration of the comprehension scores' possible relationships with language proficiencies, attitudes toward speakers, familiarity of spoken variety, historical origins of languages, and political ambiance between and among ASEAN nations. (Contains 8 tables and 1 figure.) [Work on this paper was partly supported by Prince of Songkla University's Graduate School Grant.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10