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Thienthong, Atikhom; Uthaikorn, Kanyarat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study investigated the attitudes of 90 Thai learners toward English accents in relation to differing fields and stages of study, using a verbal-guise test (VGT) and a questionnaire. Respondents listened to and evaluated five speakers of English as a native language (ENL): American English (AmE) and British English (BrE), a second language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Orelus, Pierre W. – Excellence in Education Journal, 2020
We live in a society where standard accents are highly valued. Generally, people who speak with a Standard English accent are seen through a positive lens linguistically; those whose English is accented are stigmatized. Accent discrimination affects linguistic minorities from diverse linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, including foreign-accented…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Language Minorities, Social Discrimination