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Peer reviewedStalker, James C. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
International students in American colleges may have learned an accepted international variety of English, rather than British or American forms. Errors may persist because students want to retain their variety of English and cultural identity. Teachers need to address these errors only if they interfere with communication in the academic context;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Download full textJohnson, Ruth; Jenks, Frederick L. – 1994
A study investigated the perceptions of native English-speakers concerning the spoken grammatical and phonetic (accent) errors of non-native speakers. Speech samples were collected from three non-native speakers of English of varied linguistic backgrounds (German, Spanish, and Arabic) and one speaker of North American English. Each of the four…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, German
