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SUMMARY:Intelligibility in Vietnamese L2 accents of English and the influe
 nce of intelligibility on social evaluations towards the speaker - Trang N
 guyen\, Postgraduate Researcher\, Anglia Ruskin University.
DTSTART:20191031T130000Z
DTEND:20191031T143000Z
UID:TALK133702@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Anne Helene Halbout
DESCRIPTION:The worldwide use of English results in much communication bet
 ween L1 speakers of English and L2 speakers of English. There is also an i
 ncreasing use of English among L2 speakers of English with other L2 speake
 rs of English. Their accents can result in misunderstandings\, and to prev
 ent this\, as well as to improve the quality of English communication\, en
 hancing intelligibility seems to play a central part in addressing this pr
 oblem. However\, in the case of Vietnamese accented English\, there is ver
 y little research that has been investigated to indicate which features co
 uld affect their intelligibility and accentedness\, which constitutes a bi
 g gap in the field. Besides\, it is widely believed that there is a link b
 etween intelligibility and the social evaluations towards the speakers. Ho
 wever\, previous studies mostly investigated L2 accents and their social i
 mplications at a more general level and revealed negative effects of L2 ac
 cents on\, for example\, job applicants and credibility\, and they also in
 dicated that L2 accents are frequently perceived to have a lower status al
 though they tend to be rated more highly on solidarity. Thus\, it seems th
 at intelligibility influences these social evaluations. Nevertheless\, no 
 study has looked specifically into how ease of\, and difficulty of\, under
 standing the speaker might influence social evaluations (e.g. the percepti
 on of prestige or social attractiveness)\, representing a substantial gap 
 in the field which this research would fill. This study will use a mixed-m
 ethod approach for data collection following two experiments. The first is
  a perception experiment to evaluate intelligibility and accentedness. The
  second is an evaluation task and sociolinguistic interview to assess the 
 social aspects.
LOCATION:Room 326\, Raised Faculty Building\, MML\, Sidgwick Avenue\, Camb
 ridge\, CB3 9DA
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