Investigating the Attitudes of ESL Learners Towards Native and Non-native Variety of English Accent: A Study of Public Sector University of Sindh, Jamshoro and the Shaheed Benazir University of Nawabshah

doi:10.7176/jlll/83-05

Abstract

The present study investigates the attitude of English Language Learners towards notion of World Englishes. This study in-depth explores the attitudes of ESL towards native and non-native varieties of English language. The researcher has chosen the three varieties of English language; two native varieties and one non-native variety of English language. The two native varieties are; American and British English and one non-native variety is Pakistani English. The researcher is interested in investigating the attitude towards accent of these varieties particularly. The study employed quantitative methodology and 100 students were chosen from English department of two Universities; University of Sindh and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Nawabshah. The data showed that ESL have positive inclination towards native varieties and they want to sound like a native speaker. Keywords : World Englishes, Accent, Attitudinal Study, Non-native Variety, Native Varieties, Pakistani English. DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/83-05 Publication date: November 30 th 2021

Highlights

Throughout history, English has advanced from essentially a tribal language to the situation with a world language
Research Objectives To investigate the attitudes of ESL Students of the English department of the University of Sindh and the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Nawabshah towards native varieties of English accent. (British and American) To investigate the attitudes of ESL Learners of the English department of the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Nawabshah towards a non-native variety of English accents. (Pakistani English) To investigate that to what extent ESL Learners of the English department of the University of Sindh and Shaheed Benazir are motivated to learn Pakistani English
Benazir Bhutto University towards native varieties of English accents? (British and American) RQ2: What are the attitudes of ESL Learners of the English department of the University of Sindh Jamshoro and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Nawabshah towards a non-native variety of English accents? (Pakistani English) RQ3: To what extent ESL Learners of the English department of the University of Sindh and Shaheed Benazir are motivated to learn Pakistani English

Summary

Introduction

Throughout history, English has advanced from essentially a tribal language to the situation with a world language. With the worldwide acknowledgment of World Englishes, there are many investigations has been analyzed the perspectives of students towards various varieties of World Englishes.

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