Attitudes of Saudi EFL Students toward American and British Accents

Saudi EFL Learners’ Attitudes with Regard to Using Online and Virtual Solutions for Learning English Accents during the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…However, our results are inconsistent those of Alenezy (2017). Her participants were unable to distinguish between English accents, while ours were able to do so.…”

“…This is because the quality of sound was very good and this helped them to identify the accents as shown in their answers to item 5 (F=2.57 and M=2.63). This explains why the findings of this study are inconsistent with those of Alenezy (2017), where her participants were unable to identify the accents of the speakers used.…”

“…These researchers found that the American accent is the preferred accent on the part of their participants. On the other hand, the findings are inconsistent with those of Modiano (1993) and Alenezy (2017). Although Alenezy"s participants were similar to our participants, the difference in preference could be attributed to the learning methods used, as our students used online solutions during the Covid-19 pandemic, while Alenezy"s participants used traditional methods of learning before the pandemic.…”

“…These tools were best suitable for the current study as they help achieve the study aims. In addition, these tools, questionnaire and posttest, have been adopted by several studies such as those of Carin (2013), Alenezy (2017), Khalawi and Halabi (2020), and Alahmadi and Alraddadi (2020).…”

“…Consequently, American and British accents, among other English accents, are preferred by EFL learners when learning English. Therefore, several researchers have investigated EFL learners" attitudes towards American English and British English including Alftberg (2009), Alenezy (2017) and Phan (2020). Some studies were conducted to investigate EFL learners" preferences for American, British and other native English accents such that of Bayard and Green (2002).…”