English Accent Attitudes: Voices of Thai Multilingual University Students
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English in an expanding circle especially in Southeast Asia goes beyond the recognition of a foreign language, but it becomes the lingua franca among ASEAN countries. Previous studies explored the attitudes toward English accents in many different aspects while few pieces of research lay an emphasis on the multilingual context. The aims of this research are to investigate the attitudes of a variety of English accents and to explore the attitudes of Thai multilingual university students toward their own English accents. 472 participants responded to the online questionnaire, and 12 informants volunteered to engage in the online interview sessions. The results found that most of the participants favor native English accents (American and British) while a Thai accent is moderately satisfied. For the data coded from the interviews, participants would like to peruse the native-like accents when speaking with the foreigners. However, a Thai accent is acceptable when they communicate with Thais. Additionally, some of them are proud of keeping their accents and identities when speaking English. It is suggested that the various accents of Englishes should be presented in the classroom and the teaching materials in order to enhance the communication among multilingual groups.
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