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foreign accent can affect your life. Numerous people in different countries find that being non-native speaker can change the way in living either negative or positive. many studies say that native speakers react with non- native speaker differently, but why they have different reaction to non native speakers. Some studies say that the cause that leads native speakers to react differently to non native speakers is the skin color, but these studies can not be acceptable because we know that Americans are

replies to question 4, 31.8% of the native speaker respondents would be bothered, if a non-native speaker were to speak in conservative RP (Fig. 10). A striking number of 86.4% of the native speaker participants would be bothered, if another native speaker were to speak in the U-RP accent (Fig. 11). These results demonstrate a rather interesting situation: there is far less stigmatisation if an adoptive speaker speaks in upper-crust RP. Moreover, the adoptive speaker group previously displayed no negative

The Silence of Death In his novel, Native Speaker, Chang-Rae Lee portrays the struggles of Korean-American spy, Henry Park. Many conflicts arise throughout the story such as Henry’s relationships with Lelia and his father. Death is a reality involved in each of these conflicts. Mitt’s death is at the core of Henry’s demising relationship with Lelia, and the death of Henry’s mother leads to a greater gap between Henry and his father. A common motif that Lee uses is the silence of the characters

In the world of English language, the notion of native and non- native speaker is very prominent. The concept of native and non- native speaker is still important to some people especially scholars because it shows the distinct features possessed by the speakers. However, as time passed and new varieties emerge the distinction between these two seems to be less visible. The issue also becomes debateable as each scholar has different opinion on the matter. Some seem to stick to their believes that

English language learners (ELLs) in Canadian classrooms. Therefore, it is essential that teachers make efforts to understand the processes by which an ELL experiences the acquisition of English. To this end, a case study investigation with a non-native speaker (NNS) who has immigrated to Canada reveals details about this experience. Essentially, to gain practical knowledge an investigative interview is conducted followed by an analysis that can be used to determine pedagogical decisions in one 's personal

Beth- I definitely agree with you that native English speakers have an advantage pertaining to how one uses the language in the correct context, but I also agree with you that non-native speakers may have a more objective, and deeper knowledge of American culture than native speakers do. I like your example of pronunciation that you used in your post. This is usually seen as a common advantage that many L1 (English) teachers have when compared to L2 (English) teachers (SpokenEnglishpractice, 2016)

Non- native English Speaker Teachers are Better than Native English Speakers Teachers INU1004: Academic Reading and Writing Part A By: Peikai Zeng Student Number: 170611136 I hereby certify that this submission is wholly my own work, and that all quotations from primary or secondary sources have been acknowledged. I have read the section on Plagiarism in the School Style Guide / my Stage & Degree Manual and understand that plagiarism and other unacknowledged debts will be penalised and may lead

As a non-English native speaker, writing an essay with my basic knowledge mostly cause some confusion, because the alphabet format and word choice may sound strange for my audience. Sometimes my words order makes a lot of confusion as many readers gave me the feedback, likewise my writing10 professor. Therefore, she recommends me to check in with Belinda Braunstein, an assistor for a non-English native speaker. I went to her office around 3-4 times throughout the spring semester, in order to check

Corpus Linguistics: The use of But in Non- Native learners and Native Speakers Abstract Discourse connective signal discourse coherence by making discourse relations explicit and by playing a role in the organization and structure of information in discourse. Therefore, their use in L2 writing is an important field of study that is likely to have implications for discourse competence both at the sentence-level discourse and at the level of larger discourse

non native English speaker such as getting employment, the language itself,and even accepted by native English speakers. Not just the speaker themselves, but also their families as well. All while trying to find their place in the United States. One of the huge problems that non native English speakers have to deal with is language. Firstly, for example, in “mother tongue” by the author Amy tan describes the hardships her family faced mainly her mother faced from being a non native speaker. These