The accent: A study of beliefs in initial students of Pedagogy in English Language
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https://doi.org/10.29394/Scientific.issn.2542-2987.2019.4.13.7.138-159Keywords:
vocational training, belief, languageAbstract
For decades the teaching of English has a foreign language has been polarized making people believe that there are only two versions of this language: American and British. Such polarization has meant that non-native English students, in general, believe that they should have one of these two accents as a sign of language proficiency. The present study explores the beliefs regarding the accent in a group of initial students of English Language Pedagogy from a Chilean university. In the theoretical framework, the teachers’ beliefs in all aspects are addressed. The methodology is of descriptive type with field design and non-experimental level. The adaptation of the Specialized Instrument for BALLI studies Measurement (Beliefs about language learning inventory) proposed by Horwitz (1999) was made, consisting of two dimensions: beliefs based on the assessment and reaction to varieties of the English language emphasizing the accent. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, in the process of internationalization of English, a non-native user can communicate perfectly in an "intelligible" way, respecting the rules of the language, with the accent of their native language or another, without prejudice to their identity and origin.
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