Non-Native English Speakers’ Attitudes Towards Polish-Accented English

Trzeciakowska, Julia

doi:10.12775/ths.2020.003

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“…The number of people speaking English is more substantial than ever. Interestingly, the number of non-native English speakers is far greater than that of native English speakers (Trzeciakowska, 2020). Non-native speakers constitute 75% of the total English speakers (Tauchid et al, 2022).…”

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“…No one can deny the importance of the English language in education, politics, commerce, economics, and cultural activities. It is the language of communication in many international domains like conferences, scientific publications, banking, trade, advertisements, and audiovisual cultural products (Manolescu, 2023;Trzeciakowska, 2020). Looking at the extensive use of the English language worldwide, some scholars believe that English is no more limited to the culture of its native English-speaking countries and that the native English-speaking countries are the sole owners of the English language (Boonsuk & Ambele, 2020).…”

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Afghan English Major Students’ Attitudes Toward Native-Like Proficiency in the English Language

Mashwani

Noori

2023

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The term native-like proficiency in English refers to the ability to speak the English language like a native speaker. This study was conducted to investigate Afghan English major undergraduate students’ attitudes toward native-like proficiency in the English language at two public universities in Afghanistan. The study specifically investigated the attitudes of Afghan English major undergraduate students toward the characteristics of a native speaker of the English language, native speakers’ linguistic imperialism, and native-like proficiency in the English language. A mixed research design was used for the study. The quantitative data were descriptively analyzed in terms of frequencies using SPSS and presented in tables. The qualitative data were thematically analyzed and presented. A total of 113 fourth-year (senior students) voluntarily participated in the study. The findings revealed that perfect pronunciation, fluency, and grammatical accuracy were the defining attributes of native speakers. Similarly, students believed that only native speakers have the right to decide the rules or to standardize the English language and that only a native speaker has better English language skills. Moreover, the results revealed that Afghan English major students’ attitudes toward native-like proficiency in the English language were highly positive, and they love to speak with a native-like accent. It is hoped that the current study’s findings will help educators and will be a valuable addition to the current mass of data on the subject.

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Afghan English Major Students’ Attitudes Toward Native-Like Proficiency in the English Language

Mashwani

Noori

2023

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“…The authors investigated the question of the choice of either British or American pronunciation, and they also managed to observe that students associated language correctness with native-like pronunciation. Trzeciakowska (2020) likewise analyzed attitudes to accents, locating her analysis in the framework of the attitudes of native speakers and non-native speakers towards foreign accented speech. She studied the attitudes of non-native English speakers towards non-native English accents as well as differences in a normative versus intuitive approach to teaching English pronunciation.…”

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Polish Attitudes to the Use of English and Other Languages in the Polish Public Space

Dąbrowska

2022

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis

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In the post-war era, Poland has been viewed as a homogeneous country both culturally and linguistically. It has not, however, remained immune to the developments of globalization, which has also been reflected in the linguistic developments of the present century. In recent years, the Polish public space has been inundated with numerous foreign language names, signs, slogans, elements in advertisements and on billboards, with the English language largely in the foreground, and not infrequently competing against Polish in such spheres as services and the advertising even of Polish brands. The present discussion focuses on the results of a survey distributed among Polish respondents which, with the help of indirect and direct methods, asked them to evaluate products/services advertised in visual forms by means of English and other languages, and react to the visibility of these languages both on the Polish street and in the Polish lifestyle magazines. The objective of the study was to identify the attitudes with which English and other languages are viewed by Polish respondents when used in the Polish public space, and to also assess their position in comparison with Polish. The survey results demonstrate that despite a significant number of positive judgements which the respondents offered on the topic, negative views outnumbered the positive to a considerable degree.

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Pause Length and Differences in Cognitive State Attribution in Native and Non-Native Speakers

2023

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Speech pauses between turns of conversations are crucial for assessing conversation partners’ cognitive states, such as their knowledge, confidence and willingness to grant requests; in general, speakers making longer pauses are regarded as less apt and willing. However, it is unclear if the interpretation of pause length is mediated by the accent of interactants, in particular native versus non-native accents. We hypothesized that native listeners are more tolerant towards long pauses made by non-native speakers than those made by native speakers. This is because, in non-native speakers, long pauses might be the result of prolonged cognitive processing when planning an answer in a non-native language rather than of a lack of knowledge, confidence or willingness. Our experiment, in which 100 native Polish-speaking raters rated native and non-native speakers of Polish on their knowledge, confidence and willingness, showed that this hypothesis was confirmed for perceived willingness only; non-native speakers were regarded as equally willing to grant requests, irrespective of their inter-turn pause durations, whereas native speakers making long pauses were regarded as less willing than those making short pauses. For knowledge and confidence, we did not find a mediating effect of accent; both native and non-native speakers were rated as less knowledgeable and confident when making long pauses. One possible reason for the difference between our findings on perceived willingness to grant requests versus perceived knowledge and confidence is that requests might be more socially engaging and more directly relevant for interpersonal cooperative interactions than knowledge that reflects on partners’ competence but not cooperativeness. Overall, our study shows that (non-)native accents can influence which cognitive states are signaled by different pause durations, which may have important implications for intercultural communication settings where topics are negotiated between native and non-native speakers.

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Non-Native English Speakers’ Attitudes Towards Polish-Accented English

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Afghan English Major Students’ Attitudes Toward Native-Like Proficiency in the English Language

Afghan English Major Students’ Attitudes Toward Native-Like Proficiency in the English Language

Polish Attitudes to the Use of English and Other Languages in the Polish Public Space

Pause Length and Differences in Cognitive State Attribution in Native and Non-Native Speakers

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