“Would you rather speak “perfect English” or keep your foreign accent?” That is the initial question that this paper deals with. As is universally acknowledged, the aim of every foreign-language learner is to become proficient, both in speaking and writing, in a certain language. The more one becomes like a native speaker in language comprehension and pronunciation, the easier it is to get integrated within a certain linguistic community. Nevertheless, what do people understand by “perfect native-English proficiency”? Is there any “perfect accent” in any language? Let us consider the identity of a non-native English speaker: Is that person rejecting his/her original accent, and therefore, his/her cultural background? Is there any socioli...
A number of contributions stem from this study- shared first language and typology between NNS...
The extraordinary spread of the English language around the world has made it the primary means of ...
Despite globalization making English a lingua franca, little is known how accent relates to learners...
“Would you rather speak “perfect English” or keep your foreign accent?” That is the initial quest...
This paper reports on a qualitative inquiry into the under-researched relationship between accent an...
From the second half of the 20th century, English has become the most widely spoken language for int...
The standard ideology, embedded in discourses of traditional language teaching, has been found to ha...
The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. How...
The aim of the present paper is to provide a characterization of how non-native speakers negotiate t...
English has become the dominant means of international communication. Its non-native speakers now fa...
English has emerged as the unprecedented Lingua Franca that has taken the world over by a storm. Sus...
This paper examines data emerging from a survey of attitudes of (mostly) Italian first year universi...
The English language finds itself in an unique situation nowadays: there are more people using it as...
There is no doubt that English today represents the language of globalization. In this light, and co...
This thesis argues against the claim of linguistic and cultural homogenization widely believed to be...
A number of contributions stem from this study- shared first language and typology between NNS...
The extraordinary spread of the English language around the world has made it the primary means of ...
Despite globalization making English a lingua franca, little is known how accent relates to learners...
“Would you rather speak “perfect English” or keep your foreign accent?” That is the initial quest...
This paper reports on a qualitative inquiry into the under-researched relationship between accent an...
From the second half of the 20th century, English has become the most widely spoken language for int...
The standard ideology, embedded in discourses of traditional language teaching, has been found to ha...
The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. How...
The aim of the present paper is to provide a characterization of how non-native speakers negotiate t...
English has become the dominant means of international communication. Its non-native speakers now fa...
English has emerged as the unprecedented Lingua Franca that has taken the world over by a storm. Sus...
This paper examines data emerging from a survey of attitudes of (mostly) Italian first year universi...
The English language finds itself in an unique situation nowadays: there are more people using it as...
There is no doubt that English today represents the language of globalization. In this light, and co...
This thesis argues against the claim of linguistic and cultural homogenization widely believed to be...
A number of contributions stem from this study- shared first language and typology between NNS...
The extraordinary spread of the English language around the world has made it the primary means of ...
Despite globalization making English a lingua franca, little is known how accent relates to learners...