The Features of Asian Englishes

Gardiner, Ishamina Athirah; Deterding, David

doi:10.1002/9781118791882.ch8

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“…From 15 proficient English speakers who expressed their interest in participation, we selected the six speakers as they met the two following criteria. First, the speakers were assessed to have typical accent features of their own varieties to a great extent, according to Gardiner and Deterding. (2020), Swan and Smith.…”

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Swedish Youths as Listeners of Global Englishes Speakers With Diverse Accents: Listener Intelligibility, Listener Comprehensibility, Accentedness Perception, and Accentedness Acceptance

2021

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As reflected in the concept of Global Englishes, English mediates global communication, where English speakers represent not merely those from English-speaking countries like United Kingdom or United States but also global people from a wide range of linguistic backgrounds, who speak the language with diverse accents. Thus, to communicate internationally, cultivating a maximized listening proficiency for and positive attitudes toward global Englishes speakers with diverse accents is ever more important. However, with their preference for American English and its popular culture, it is uncertain whether Swedish youth learners are developing these key linguistic qualities to be prepared for the globalized use of English. To address this, we randomly assigned 160 upper secondary students (mean age = 17.25) into six groups, where each group listened to one of six English speakers. The six speakers first languages were Mandarin, Russian/Ukrainian, Tamil, Lusoga/Luganda, American English, and British English. Through comparing the six student groups, we examined their listener intelligibility (actual understanding), listener comprehensibility (feeling of ease or difficulty), accentedness perception (perceiving an accent as native or foreign), and accentedness acceptance (showing a positive or negative attitude toward an accent) of diverse English accents. The results showed that the intelligibility scores and perception/attitude ratings of participants favored the two speakers with privileged accents–the American and British speakers. However, across all six groups, no correlation was detected between their actual understanding of the speakers and their perception/attitude ratings, which often had a strong correlation with their feelings of ease/difficulty regarding the speakers accents. Taken together, our results suggest that the current English education needs innovation to be more aligned with the national syllabus that promotes a global perspective. That is, students need to be guided to improve their actual understanding and sense of familiarity with Global English speakers besides the native accents that they prefer. Moreover, innovative pedagogical work should be undertaken to change Swedish youths’ perceptions and attitudes and prepare them to become open-minded toward diverse English speakers.

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Swedish Youths as Listeners of Global Englishes Speakers With Diverse Accents: Listener Intelligibility, Listener Comprehensibility, Accentedness Perception, and Accentedness Acceptance

2021

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English in Vietnam

Canh

2024

The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes

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This chapter discusses a number of critical issues related to English in contemporary Vietnam, where English has recently been favoured in both education and society. The chapter describes the Vietnamese historical sociolinguistic context before it critically analyses the role of English in education and society. In addition, the chapter presents a concise cross-linguistic analysis of Vietnamese and English to foreground the discussion of the linguistic features of the English spoken by Vietnamese speakers. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how the future of English language education in Vietnam can navigate its way through the intricate relationship between English as a lingua franca and multilingualism in order to fulfil better its expected role in nation-building.

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The Features of Asian Englishes

Cited by 2 publications

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Swedish Youths as Listeners of Global Englishes Speakers With Diverse Accents: Listener Intelligibility, Listener Comprehensibility, Accentedness Perception, and Accentedness Acceptance

Swedish Youths as Listeners of Global Englishes Speakers With Diverse Accents: Listener Intelligibility, Listener Comprehensibility, Accentedness Perception, and Accentedness Acceptance

English in Vietnam

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