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Xu, Wei; Wang, Yu; Case, Rod E. – Language Awareness, 2010
This study reports on findings of an investigation into Chinese students' attitudes towards varieties of English before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. One hundred and eight college students in mainland China evaluated six English speeches by two American English speakers, two British English speakers, and two Chinese English speakers for social…
Descriptors: Social Status, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Wang, Limei; Ladegaard, Hans J. – Language Awareness, 2008
This paper is concerned with young people's perceptions and reported use of the two language varieties that co-exist in the urban centre of Guangzhou in southern China, Putonghua (P) and Cantonese (C). P is a typical H-variety, promoted by the government and used as a lingua franca throughout China; C is the local L-variety but it also has some…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Variation, Reputation, Language Attitudes