TURKISH EFL STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS ON ACCENT

Abstract

This study examined the accent conceptions of a group of 20 EFL university students. Each respondent listened to a speech by four speakers with different English accents: American, British, Indian, and Chinese. They diagnosed the diverse accents and declared their inclinations and views towards each one. Further, the respondents were interviewed one by one about English variations. Most of the respondents emphasized that they desire to sound like a native speaker of English. The findings of the study may supply great help for the researchers in the related field. 

Keywords

• accent,native,English,EFL,native speakers

İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRENEN TÜRK ÖĞRENCİLERİN AKSAN KONUSUNDAKİ GÖRÜŞLERİ

Öz

Bu çalışma 20 kişiden oluşan bir grup İngilizce öğrencisinin aksan algılarını irdelemektedir. Her bir katılımcı Amerika, İngiltere, Hindistan ve Çin’den farklı aksanda konuşmacıları dinlemiştir. Katılımcılar aksanları belirlemeye çalışmış, bu aksanlara dair eğilimlerini beyan etmiş ve her bir aksanla ilgili görüşlerini ifade etmişlerdir. Katılımcılarla bire bir mülakat yapılıp farklı aksanlar konusundaki görüşleri alınmıştır. Katılımcıların çoğu İngilizceyi anadil konuşmacısı gibi konuşmayı istediğini ileri sürmüştür. Çalışmanın bulguları ilgili alandaki araştırmacılar için önemli kaynak teşkil edecektir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sözcükler: aksan,yerli,İngilizce,yabancı dil olarak İngilizce

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