THE INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR OWN ENGLISH ACCENT
| Main Author: | Waloyo, Alimin Adi |
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| Format: | Book PeerReviewed |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umm.ac.id/57470/41/Peer%20Review%20-%20Waloyo%20-%20Intelligibility%20perception%20accent%20EIL.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/57470/19/Similarity%20-%20Waloyo%20-%20Intelligibility%20perception%20accent%20EIL.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/57470/20/Waloyo%20-%20Intelligibility%20perception%20accent%20EIL.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/57470/ http://research-report.umm.ac.id/index.php/COETIN/issue/view/109/showToc |
Daftar Isi:
- English as an International language (EIL) perceives different L1-accented English equally because intelligibility, clearly delivered messages, is the main concern in a conversation rather than native-likeness accent style. Thus, Indonesian EFL (English as a foreign language) learners should focus their English learning on intelligibility over native-likeness preference in the pedagogical setting. Nevertheless, whether or not the students focus their English learning on intelligibility still unidentifiable as yet. To know which aspects EFL learners focus on, the research investigated Indonesian EFL students’ goal when communication in English. The goal is to raise their awareness about the important of intelligibility in an English communication. Also, EFL teachers are expected to highlight the intelligibility in classroom instruction. Thus, the targeted learning outcomes, particularly speaking skills, are reachable so the students’ learning motivation will be enhanced. The study involved 36 university students. They were from University of Muhammadiyah Malang, East Java. The instruments to collect the data were questionnaire. Eventually, based on the analyzed data, the researcher found that EFL learners expected to be able to talk like a native when talking. It means they have negative attitudes toward their L1-accented English. It could be affected by low linguistic awareness, English exposure dominated by native speakers and the UK or US designed books for classroom learning. Data analysis outcomes will be discussed to incorporate the study outcomes with pedagogical instruction so that the outcomes will be applicable to classroom instruction.