The Impact of Accent among Non-Native English-Speaking Biology Lecturers on Student Comprehension and Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Kolesnikova, Alexandra; Liubimova, Alina; Muromtseva, Elena; Muromtsev, Anton
Titel	The Impact of Accent among Non-Native English-Speaking Biology Lecturers on Student Comprehension and Attitudes
Quelle	In: IAFOR Journal of Education, 9 (2021) 3, S.25-40 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2187-0594
Schlagwörter	Pronunciation; Graduate Students; Science Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; College Faculty; Listening Comprehension; Student Attitudes; Language Variation; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Teacher Student Relationship; Sociolinguistics; Russian; Native Language; Biology; Foreign Nationals; Teacher Characteristics; Language Attitudes; Russia (Moscow) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fakultät; Hörverständnis; Schülerverhalten; Sprachenvielfalt; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Soziolinguistik; Russisch; Biologie; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Sprachverhalten
Abstract	This study examined the attitudes of postgraduate biology students of three top-ranked Russian universities towards the foreign accents of non-native English-speaking lecturers. Fifty participants responded to a questionnaire, the main purpose of which was to explore the listeners' perceptions of professors' accents and their influence on students' ability to concentrate on and comprehend the lecture material. The research included a quantitative analysis of gathered descriptive data. The results of the study show Russian students' tolerant attitudes to foreign accents of non-native lecturers and demonstrate their readiness to comprehend non-standard English-medium speech of non-native representatives of the international natural sciences academic community. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01