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The attitude of Slavic speakers toward English(es)

Native and non-native English judged from Germany and Ukraine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2015

Elena Salakhyan
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The attitudes of Slavic speakers towards English accents have been under-researched. The only language and accent attitude research in the Slavic context with the involvement of Polish speakers was conducted by Jenkins in her questionnaire study (Jenkins, 2007). The study, whose interest lay in assessing native and non-native English accents, showed a strong attachment of non-native speakers toward native varieties and accents of English, although non-native speakers mostly used English for communication with other non-native speakers of English.

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English Today , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 34 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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