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This research aims to explore how non-native speakers perceive their accents compared to native speaker accents.

Accent Attitudes: Reactions to English as a Lingua Franca

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Randomized trial examines attitudes toward NNS and NS accents in trainee teachers, suggesting bias persists.

This research aims to explore how non-native speakers perceive their accents compared to native speaker accents.
Data was collected using a questionnaire adapted from Jenkins (2007).
Participants included a group of trainee teachers from a Malaysian public institution.
The study explored attitudes and beliefs regarding ELF accents and NS accents.
Respondents preferred NS accents over NNS accents, perceiving them as more positive.
Teachers displayed bias, viewing NS accents as more correct and proper than NNS accents.

Paramjit Kaur (2014) studied this question.

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