The Impact of Accent among Non-Native English-speaking Biology Lecturers on Student Comprehension and Attitudesстатья
Информация о цитировании статьи получена из
Scopus
Статья опубликована в журнале из списка Web of Science и/или Scopus
Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 1 декабря 2021 г.
Аннотация:This study examined the attitudes of postgraduate biology students of 3 top-ranked Russian universities towards foreign accents of non-native English-speaking lecturers. Fifty participants responded to a questionnaire, the main purpose of which was to explore the listeners’ perception of professors’ accents and its influence on students’ ability to concentrate on and comprehend the lecture material. The research included a quantitative analysis of gathered descriptive data. The results of the study show Russian students’ tolerant attitudes to foreign accents of non-native lecturers and prove their readiness to comprehend non-standard English-medium speech of non-native representatives of the international natural sciences academic community.