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Speak like a Native English Speaker or Be Judged: A Scoping Review

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-12, Vol.18 (23), p.12754 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2021 by the authors. 2021 ;ISSN: 1660-4601 ;ISSN: 1661-7827 ;EISSN: 1660-4601 ;DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312754 ;PMID: 34886478

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  • Title:
    Speak like a Native English Speaker or Be Judged: A Scoping Review
  • Author: Tan, Kim Hua ; Jospa, Michelle Elaine Anak William ; Mohd-Said, Nur-Ehsan ; Awang, Mohd Mahzan
  • Subjects: Bullying ; COVID-19 ; Cultural Diversity ; Cyberbullying ; Education ; Foreign language learning ; Language ; Mental health ; Multilingualism ; Psychology ; Review ; Reviews ; Social networks ; Speaking ; Speech Intelligibility ; Speech Perception ; Teaching ; Websites
  • Is Part Of: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-12, Vol.18 (23), p.12754
  • Description: This review aims to examine the discrimination and prejudices toward the accent of non-native English speakers and cyberbullying as the ripple effect of these negative consequences. Following Arksey and O'Malley's framework of conducting a scoping review, 60 studies from 2012 to 2021 were retrieved from the ERIC and Google Scholar databases. The studies were reviewed from two aspects: (1) psychological impact on speakers with a non-native English accent, (2) attitudes toward non-native English accents from the victim's and perpetrator's perspectives. The findings suggested that speaking with a non-native English accent drew negative cognitive, affective, and behavioral experiences. Biases toward non-native English accents were due to the general derogatory perception of an accent and the comprehensibility of speakers' accent and pronunciation. "Accent acceptability" can be inculcated at all levels of education, not only through multicultural education but also through the concerted effort of policy makers and practitioners to seriously address this social issue. Accent awareness can dispel unwarranted and undesirable judgements of non-native English accent speakers. Future studies should be conducted on the effects of social and mental health experiences, particularly of non-native ESL and EFL teachers, given that this may be the only profession required to teach "live" during the pandemic and thus be subjected to public praise or ridicule.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1660-4601
    ISSN: 1661-7827
    EISSN: 1660-4601
    DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312754
    PMID: 34886478
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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