What is it about?
Malaysian ESL students' evaluative reactions to British, American, Australian and New Zealand English speakers.
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Why is it important?
The study examines ESL students' reactions to four different native English accents and analyses the possible relationship between speaker's social appeal, speaker's competence and accent preference . These have not been studied much in previous studies.
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Before the article was written, I thought it would be only an extension of previous studies but when it was completed, I noticed that the article covered different issues on accent perception some of which need to be further explored. Hope, readers will find the article thought provoking.
Zahariah Pilus
International Islamic University Malaysia
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This page is a summary of: Stretching the boundaries, Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, August 2019, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/japc.00035.pil.
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