International students’ perceptions of classroom Malaysian English variety
Numerous studies comparing native and non-native English teachers (Coskun, 2013; Diaz, 2015; Madrid & Canado, 2004; Walkinshaw & Duong, 2012) have found that ESL students prefer native teachers for teaching speaking skills and pronunciation. In other words, non-native teachers are viewed a...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/54917/1/malaysian_ENG%20TZ%20.pptx-1.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54917/13/June%202015%20certificate%20PG%20symposium.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54917/18/54917%20abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54917/ |
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| Summary: | Numerous studies comparing native and non-native English teachers (Coskun, 2013; Diaz, 2015; Madrid &
Canado, 2004; Walkinshaw & Duong, 2012) have found that ESL students prefer native teachers for teaching
speaking skills and pronunciation. In other words, non-native teachers are viewed as less superior in matters
related to spoken language. This study explores the issue by examining the perceptions of international
students of the English variety used by their Malaysian teachers in the English language classes. 30
international students at the Centre of Languages, Pre-University Academic Development (CELPAD) from
various countries such as Algeria, China, and Sudan participated in the study. They were given a writing task
which required them to state their views on the teachers’ spoken English in terms of understanding, speech
rate, pronunciation, vocabulary usage, sentence usage and nativeness. Findings from this study will reveal
how Malaysian English is perceived by other non-native speakers as well as their acceptance of Malaysian
English as a non-native variety. |
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