Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents

This study examines the attitudes of 115 students at a Malaysian university towards British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean and Malaysian English accents. The students responded to a questionnaire which included questions on English accents adapted from Jenkins (2007). The students w...

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Main Author:	Pilus, Zahariah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	L Education (General) PE English
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spelling	iium-387952015-06-19T02:33:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38795/ Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents Pilus, Zahariah L Education (General) PE English This study examines the attitudes of 115 students at a Malaysian university towards British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean and Malaysian English accents. The students responded to a questionnaire which included questions on English accents adapted from Jenkins (2007). The students were required to do the following: (1) list three best English accents (2) rate the British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean and Malaysian English accents with respect to familiarity, correctness, pleasantness and acceptability in international communication (3) label their own accents and (4) choose a model for the teaching of pronunciation in Malaysia. Analyses of the responses among others showed that the students generally have a strong preference for native English accents. These findings highlight preferences and concerns in pronunciation learning which ought to be given due consideration since speakers’ attitudes towards accents can have considerable pedagogical implications especially in a second or foreign language context. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38795/3/AUST_Presentation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38795/9/Zaharah_program.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38795/10/Zahariah.pdf Pilus, Zahariah (2014) Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents. In: TESOL ACTA 2014 Meeting the Challenge International Conference, 30th Sept.-3rd Oct. 2014, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. (Unpublished) http://tesol.org.au/ACTA-Conference/ACTA-International-Conference-2014/Presenters-and-papers
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description	This study examines the attitudes of 115 students at a Malaysian university towards British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean and Malaysian English accents. The students responded to a questionnaire which included questions on English accents adapted from Jenkins (2007). The students were required to do the following: (1) list three best English accents (2) rate the British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean and Malaysian English accents with respect to familiarity, correctness, pleasantness and acceptability in international communication (3) label their own accents and (4) choose a model for the teaching of pronunciation in Malaysia. Analyses of the responses among others showed that the students generally have a strong preference for native English accents. These findings highlight preferences and concerns in pronunciation learning which ought to be given due consideration since speakers’ attitudes towards accents can have considerable pedagogical implications especially in a second or foreign language context.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Pilus, Zahariah
author_facet	Pilus, Zahariah
author_sort	Pilus, Zahariah
title	Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents
title_short	Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents
title_full	Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents
title_fullStr	Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents
title_full_unstemmed	Attitudes of Malaysian university students towards six English accents
title_sort	attitudes of malaysian university students towards six english accents
publishDate	2014
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