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Aran Sahrai; Sutraphorn Tantiniranat – THAITESOL Journal, 2024
Native English speakers' accents are generally regarded as ideal models of English accents. However, in real-world communication, where English is used as a lingua franca for intercultural communication among people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, English users inevitably encounter a wide variety of accents. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Metalinguistics, North American English
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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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Tarrayo, Veronico N.; Ulla, Mark B.; Lekwilai, Panya – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2021
This study explored perceptions of university English language teachers in Thailand regarding Thai English. Using purposive-convenience sampling, 60 teachers of English from two Thai universities answered a survey; 11 of which participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the survey and interview responses indicated that…
Descriptors: Thai, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Worathumrong, Sakulrat; Luksaneeyanawin, Sudaporn – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2016
This study compares how the native speakers of Thai (TTs) and American (AEs) as well as the Thai learners of English as a foreign language with high exposure to English (TEHs) and those with the low exposure (TELs) perform the speech acts of compliments (Cs) by taking the context of age into their consideration. The data were collected by means of…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning