Arizona educational stakeholders’ perceptions of K12 teachers’ accented speech

Moran, Meghan; Kang, Okim; McGroarty, Mary

doi:10.1080/01434632.2021.1921783

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“…Regarding listeners' judgements within the three occupational contexts, the accented school teachers were judged as less acceptable than doctors, but waiters were judged as less comprehensible than doctors. In post-rating qualitative comments, some listeners reported having reservations against their future children having a teacher with a non-native accent, confirming educational stakeholders' negative perceptions of teachers' accents (Moran et al, 2021). Moran et al's study demonstrated that parents were harsh in their ratings of accented teachers' teaching ability due to the investment that parents have in their children's education.…”

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The effects of situational contexts and occupational roles on listeners’ judgements on accented speech

Kang

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Kostromitina

2023

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Much language attitude research has demonstrated that people make biased judgements based on speakers’ language choice and accent. However, the influence of occupational context on listeners’ perceptions of accented English is largely unknown. This verbal guise study examined the extent to which academic contexts and workforce-related professional contexts affect listeners’ judgements of accented speech. Results revealed that simulated contexts made a significant difference in listeners’ perceptual judgements, with speakers perceived as significantly more comprehensible and acceptable in service-occupational roles than in academic contexts. These findings suggest that listeners’ speech judgements can be heavily influenced by speakers’ situational contexts. The study also provides evidence in support of the fluency principle, showing that listeners may evaluate accented speech more negatively if it requires more processing effort. The findings inform the domains of linguistic stereotyping and listeners’ attitudes towards accented speech.

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The effects of situational contexts and occupational roles on listeners’ judgements on accented speech

Kang

Yaw

Kostromitina

2023

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Impact of L2 learners' background factors on the perception of L1 Spanish speech

Wheeler

Kang

2021

Foreign Language Annals

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Listener background variables have been recognized as potential contributors to language evaluation bias. This continuum of trait‐irrelevant factors creates implications from the L2 classroom to integration in the target language community. This study examined how L2 Spanish learners' listener background factors including ethnicity, heritage speaker status, and study abroad experience predicted their perceptual ratings of native Spanish accented speech on comprehensibility, accentedness, acceptability, and open‐mindedness. Results showed mixed findings regarding the impact of L2 listener background factors and study abroad experiences on L1 speech perception ratings with little variance explained overall despite significant differences between speech constructs, suggesting that there may be other effects that impact how L2 learners perceive L1 speech. Results support previous findings that learner L2 level and ability seem to influence how target language speech is perceived. Findings provide implications for the fields of study abroad and immersion learning and teaching.

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Arizona educational stakeholders’ perceptions of K12 teachers’ accented speech

Cited by 2 publications

References 22 publications

The effects of situational contexts and occupational roles on listeners’ judgements on accented speech

The effects of situational contexts and occupational roles on listeners’ judgements on accented speech

Impact of L2 learners' background factors on the perception of L1 Spanish speech

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