The Role of Speaker Identification in Korean University Students' Attitudes towards Five Varieties of English

Autor/inn/en	Yook, Cheongmin; Lindemann, Stephanie
Titel	The Role of Speaker Identification in Korean University Students' Attitudes towards Five Varieties of English
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 34 (2013) 3, S.279-296 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2012.734509
Schlagwörter	Role; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attitudes; Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Ethnicity; Second Language Instruction; Verbal Communication; Preferences; Nonstandard Dialects; Language Attitudes; Black Dialects; North American English; Factor Analysis; Questionnaires; Australia; South Korea; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rollen; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ethnizität; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Amerikanisches Englisch; Faktorenanalyse; Fragebogen; Australien; Korea; Republik; Großbritannien
Abstract	This study investigates how the attitudes of 60 Korean university students towards five varieties of English are affected by the identification of the speaker's nationality and ethnicity. The study employed both a verbal guise technique and questions eliciting overt beliefs and preferences related to learning English. While the majority of the students stated that American English was the variety that should be taught and learned in Korea, this preference did not necessarily extend to ratings of an American speaker unless they were informed of her nationality. Listeners who were informed about the nationality/ethnicity of the speakers tended to rate European-American and Korean English speakers higher and British and African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) speakers lower than did listeners who were not informed. Listeners who were asked to guess speakers' ethnicities often identified the AAVE speaker as being from a non-Inner Circle country, suggesting that stigmatised native accents are not very salient to this group; Australian English was also not salient. The finding that speaker identification plays a role in the evaluation of a variety has implications for the interpretation of verbal guise studies and suggests the need for more research into how listeners evaluate speakers in everyday situations when they typically know more about the speaker. (Contains 9 tables, 2 figures, and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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