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Öztüfekçi, Ali; Dikilitas, Kenan – Journal of English as an International Language, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to explore and examine an early bilingual child whose use of English might be different on the account of the context the child uses English. Specifically, it was sought to find out if the child resorted to different phonological varieties as well as different interaction patterns while communicating. The relevant…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
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Esquivel, Orlyn Joyce D. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
Since the colonization of the Americans, Filipinos have been using English as their second language and have been accustomed to using the language alongside local languages. The centuries of the extensive contact between American English and Filipino language raises questions pertaining language change and language identity. This paper reports the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Media
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Tsurutan, Chiharu – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
This study investigates the relative impact of verbal expression and tone of voice when native speakers of English form an impression of non-native speech. Four expressions of inquiry uttered in two tones by non-native speakers were judged by native listeners and analyzed using an ordinal Probit model. Plain expressions received lower scores than…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wheeler, John – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
Macau is a small Special Autonomous Region (SAR) of China, located on the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Hong Kong. Unlike Hong Kong, its colonial heritage is Portuguese, rather than British. Macau's official languages are Portuguese and Standard Chinese and the most widely spoken local language is Cantonese. With the influx of gaming finance into…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lotfie, Maskanah Mohammad; Wulandari, Diyah Fitri; Nurhamidah, Idha – Journal of English as an International Language, 2017
This paper presents a descriptive investigation on verbal and written use of past-time inflectional marker -"ed" by Indonesian English majors. Given that English has a foreign language status in Indonesia, acquiring grammatical forms and specific to this study, the -"ed" inflection, is challenging to learners. Difficulties in…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
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Anh-Thu Thi Nguyen; John C. L. Ingram – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
In the context of English as a global language in which the interaction is not only between native speakers and ESL speakers but also among non-native speakers themselves, there is a need to investigate how well L2 listeners can judge and successfully comprehend accented English produced by other L2 speakers; particularly, how the specific…
Descriptors: Vietnamese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation