Over the past 40 years, a substantial amount of research on attitudes to language variation
has emerged around the world and across the disciplines. We have witnessed seminal …

The spread and diversification of English worldwide challenges the use of reference accents
in EFL classrooms. Yet, learners often demonstrate greater recognition of, familiarity with …

In the last 10 years, a substantial amount of work in TESOL and applied linguistics has
focused on the issues of nonnative speakers of English who teach English as a second …

Little is known about recruiters' attitudes to hiring'native'and'non-native speakers', or the
factors which might influence their potential preference for the former group. Of the four …

This paper traces the factors that centralized the role of the native speaker in TESOL and
Applied Linguistics. Based on a survey of relevant literature, I argue that the 'native'speaker …

This study investigates how the attitudes of 60 Korean university students towards five
varieties of English are affected by the identification of the speaker's nationality and ethnicity …

This study explores Chinese university students' use of phrasal verbs in comparison with
their American and British counterparts by utilizing a corpus of learner English and four …

This study reports on findings of an investigation into Chinese students' attitudes towards
varieties of English before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. One hundred and eight college …

This article is organised in five main sections. It begins by outlining the scope of
pronunciation teaching and the role of pronunciation in our personal and social lives. The …

In order to achieve full native-like competence in a second language, speakers must also
acquire sociolinguistic awareness in that language. This paper reports the results of a study …