Sökning: "language attitudes toward English accents"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden language attitudes toward English accents.

1. 1. The Evaluations of Native English Speakers Toward Two Native and Two Non-native English Accents - A study of Language Attitudes Toward English Accents

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Mawj Ahmed Mahmood; [2022]
   Nyckelord :language attitudes; language attitudes toward English accents; stereotypes; native English speakers’ accent evaluations; social attractiveness; social status; social class; character roles; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examined the language attitudes of native English speakers recruited from Reddit toward two native and two non-native English accents by applying the verbal-guise technique and using speech audio files from The Speech Accent Archive (Weinberger, 2017). The two native English accents are General American and Received Pronunciation. LÄS MER

3. 2. Second language teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward World Englishes : Factors of comprehensibility and accent perception and acceptance

   Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Cendela Baptiste; [2022]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : This study aimed to investigate L2 Swedish teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards WE accents. The results suggest that Swedish language teachers have a positive attitude towards diverse English accents despite showing favoritism towards privileged varieties such as AmE and BrE. LÄS MER

4. 3. GA and RP accents in a verbal guise test: A questionnaire-based study of Swedish upper secondary school students’ language attitudes

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Josefine Wistrand; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Verbal guise; Language attitude; Behavioural tendencies; Accent; RP; GA;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to use a verbal guise test to investigate Swedish upper secondary school students’ language attitudes toward GA and RP. While research has been conducted on this topic before, few studies have incorporated all three cognitive, affective and conative components of the mentalist approach to language attitude, and even fewer with younger student participants, which are two components the present study included. LÄS MER

5. 4. Swedish compulsory school students’ attitudes toward English accents: Exploring how familiarity affects our language attitudes

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Leonardo Hansson; [2020]
   Nyckelord :English accents; language attitudes; Swedish compulsory school; Received Pronunciation; General American; Australian English; Irish English.;

   Sammanfattning : This study will explore to what extent familiarity with English accents can influence compulsory school students’ attitudes towards them. Data from questionnaires completed by 98 students were analysed. The results show that the degree of familiarity with the English accent seems to affect the attitude attributed to it. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Politician and the Accent : An interview study about students' perceptions of a politician speaking English with a Swedish accent

   Magister-uppsats,

   Författare :Magnus Kästel; [2016]
   Nyckelord :English; Swedish; Swenglish; accent;

   Sammanfattning : Swedish speakers of English tend to speak with an accent, but the attitudes toward said accent is unknown. While a few studies have been made regarding listeners' perceptions of their own first language accents, the results varied and did not specifically adress English with a Swedish accent. LÄS MER