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Arizona educational stakeholders’ perceptions of K12 teachers’ accented speech

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Pages 805-821 | Received 25 Nov 2020, Accepted 19 Apr 2021, Published online: 19 May 2021
 

ABSTRACT

This research examines the perceptions of 141 Arizona educational stakeholders’ (i.e. teachers, parents, high school students, and teacher candidates) perceptions of five English L1 teachers and five English LX teachers (with Spanish as their L1). Listeners responded to a survey in which they heard brief (1.5-2 min) recordings from each speaker; they then rated each recording on the teacher’s accentedness, comprehensibility, and perceived teaching suitability. Results showed that educational stakeholders evaluated the English LX teachers as less suitable to teach than the English L1 teachers and drew on linguistic features of their speech to make those judgments. Further, stakeholders differed from each other in their evaluations (e.g. teacher candidates rated the English LX teachers more leniently on accentedness and perceived teaching suitability). Recommendations are offered to increase tolerance for linguistic diversity within the education context.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by AZ TESOL.

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