This is the text used in the matched guise questionnaire, see the paper here: https://www.academia.edu/48836994/. Uploaded for space constraints in the print version. From: Dollinger, Stefan, Vanessa Chan, Anthony Maag and Kate Pasula.... more
This is the text used in the matched guise questionnaire, see the paper here: https://www.academia.edu/48836994/. Uploaded for space constraints in the print version.
From: Dollinger, Stefan, Vanessa Chan, Anthony Maag and Kate Pasula. forthc. Attitudes towards World Englishes in Canada: are elementary school children linguistically more tolerant than adults? In World Englishes: Rethinking Paradigms and Approaches, ed. by Thorsten Brato, Sarah Buschfeld and Mirjam Schmalz. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. [6 Dec. 2021]
From: Dollinger, Stefan, Vanessa Chan, Anthony Maag and Kate Pasula. forthc. Attitudes towards World Englishes in Canada: are elementary school children linguistically more tolerant than adults? In World Englishes: Rethinking Paradigms and Approaches, ed. by Thorsten Brato, Sarah Buschfeld and Mirjam Schmalz. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. [6 Dec. 2021]
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Children in Canada, a highly multicultural nation, are exposed to a variety of accented speech. This study examines the linguistic tolerance of 6- to 12-year-old children in Canada. A gamified and matched-guise approach to the written... more
Children in Canada, a highly multicultural nation, are exposed to a variety of accented speech. This study examines the linguistic tolerance of 6- to 12-year-old children in Canada. A gamified and matched-guise approach to the written questionnaire (WQ) method allows attitudinal insights for this young school-age group, young adults and mature adults. Multilingualism and age indicate differing sociolinguistic attitudes, judgements and assessments of the accented speech. The results show that the Standard Canadian English accent is preferred across all age cohorts. Counter to expectations, multilingual speakers are among the least tolerant of non-native accented speech which is consistent with the concept of linguistic insecurity (Preston 2013b). In terms of age cohorts, we found that 8–9-year-olds are more likely to be the least tolerant of all age groups. By contrast, children 7 years of age proved to be consistently the most linguistically tolerant as they rated the various accents highest for the attributes of “smart”, “friendly”, “interesting”, and “right (correct)”.
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TEST OUR SURVEY: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cNEjcZaGeqYw8w5 In this paper, we're taking the written questionnaire approach (Chambers 1994, Boberg 2005, Dollinger 2015) to the next level by exploring if and to what degree... more
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In this paper, we're taking the written questionnaire approach (Chambers 1994, Boberg 2005, Dollinger 2015) to the next level by exploring if and to what degree the method can be used in World Englishes contexts for elementary school children aged 6 to 10.
In this paper, we're taking the written questionnaire approach (Chambers 1994, Boberg 2005, Dollinger 2015) to the next level by exploring if and to what degree the method can be used in World Englishes contexts for elementary school children aged 6 to 10.
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Children in Canada, a highly multicultural nation, are exposed to a variety of accented speech. This study examines the linguistic tolerance of 6- to 12-year-old children in Canada. A gamified and matched-guise approach to the written... more
Children in Canada, a highly multicultural nation, are exposed to a variety of accented speech. This study examines the linguistic tolerance of 6- to 12-year-old children in Canada. A gamified and matched-guise approach to the written questionnaire (WQ) method allows attitudinal insights for this young school-age group, young adults and mature adults. Multilingualism and age indicate differing sociolinguistic attitudes, judgements and assessments of the accented speech. The results show that the Standard Canadian English accent is preferred across all age cohorts. Counter to expectations, multilingual speakers are among the least tolerant of non-native accented speech which is consistent with the concept of linguistic insecurity (Preston 2013b). In terms of age cohorts, we found that 8–9-year-olds are more likely to be the least tolerant of all age groups. By contrast, children 7 years of age proved to be consistently the most linguistically tolerant as they rated the various accents highest for the attributes of “smart”, “friendly”, “interesting”, and “right (correct)”.
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This is the narrator of our jungle story that is designed to survey the language attitudes of Canadian elementary school children pertaining to World Englishes.