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Ahmed, Zainab Thamer; Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah; Heng, Chan Swee – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Previous language attitude studies indicated that in many countries all over the world, English language learners perceived native accents, either American or British, more positively than the non-native accents such as the Japanese, Korean, and Austrian accents. However, in Malaysia it is still unclear which accent Malaysian learners of English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Speech Communication
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Xu, Sibing – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This paper explains the situation of Mandarin, Suzhou dialect and English in Suzhou, the relation between language policy and language use, discusses the positive and negative consequences that multilingualism in Suzhou might have for the society, and focuses on the change of language use in Suzhou and provides suggestions for the maintenance of…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Dialects, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Swear, Muna Abdulhussein – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The Appraisal Theory includes three subsystems of evaluation; Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation. This study focuses on Graduation subsystem which is used by writers to amplify or diminish the scope of these two subsystems. It consists of Focus and Force options. Focus expressions are usually non-gradable they tend to sharpen or soften the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Dialects