INFLUENCES OF TEACHER POWER AND THE USE OF PHONETICS WEBSITE OVER EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SPEAKING ENGLISH INTELLIGIBLY

• Authors: Tananuraksakul Noparat
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates two hypotheses: 1) EFL undergraduate students have positive attitudes towards the use of the phonetics website; and 2) teacher power can greatly influence their positive attitudes toward speaking English intelligibly. Research outcomes derive from questionnaire (n=79), crosschecked with interview data (n=47), revealing their alignments. The first hypothesis was confirmed at a high level; the second was partially supported. Teacher power appeared to be distracted by power relations in interactions between native and non-native English speakers and among non-native English speakers themselves. The study offers two insightful directions for EFL teachers.

Keywords

EN

teacher power; language attitude; spoken English with intelligibility; phonetics website

• Publisher: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group & University of Nicosia
• Journal: Teaching English with Technology
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 27-36

Contributors

author

Tananuraksakul Noparat

• Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

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