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Investigating Costa Rican English Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Their Native or Non-native Pronunciation:: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Revista de lenguas modernas, 2023-12 (37)

2023. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1659-1933 ;EISSN: 2215-5643 ;DOI: 10.15517/rlm.v0i37.51354

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  • Title:
    Investigating Costa Rican English Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Their Native or Non-native Pronunciation:: A Cross-Sectional Survey
  • Author: Ortiz-Gómez, Saiden
  • Subjects: Accentuation ; Classroom communication ; English as a second language instruction ; English teachers ; Non-native accent ; Nonnative-speaking teachers ; Polls & surveys ; Pronunciation ; Second language teachers ; Teacher attitudes ; Teachers
  • Is Part Of: Revista de lenguas modernas, 2023-12 (37)
  • Description: Pronunciation plays a fundamental role on non-native English speaker teachers’ (NNESTs) communication, and some may even think that by having a native accent they could be better instructors. Thus, to analyze and ascertain educators’ view on pronuncia- tion and how it affects their performance, this study has focused on 23 elementary and high school teachers working in Circuit 03, Dirección Regional de Educación de Guápiles. A cross-sectional survey design, which employs a web-based questionnaire with different closed-ended, semi-closed-ended, and open-ended questions, is utilized. The results have shown that there is a rooted idea that the American and British accents must be used by both educators and their students, which reflects native-speakerism. Even though there was a high degree of satisfaction among these teachers when rating their accent, a small percentage felt that it did influence their desire to communicate or avoid any exchange with other speakers. Moreover, a certain percentage of English as a Foreign Language teachers also believed that their pronunciation affected their performance when commu- nicating in different environments, mainly in trainings.
  • Publisher: San José: Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1659-1933
    EISSN: 2215-5643
    DOI: 10.15517/rlm.v0i37.51354
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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