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sotonDH Small Grants: English accents and identity – Post 2

sotonDH Small Grants: English accents and identity – Post 2 by Fan Fang In this second post, I want to talk about my experiences with data collection. In the past two months, I have had a lot of practice with this as I collected data for my research. Before starting, I had thought that it would not be a difficult task to recruit my participants since I have worked in the university before. Continue reading →

sotonDH Small Grants: English accents and identity – Post 1

sotonDH Small Grants: English accents and identity – Post 1 by Fan Fang English is used worldwide as an international language for speakers of different languages and cultural backgrounds. My PhD project looks at the attitudes of Chinese university teachers’ and students’ towards their own and other English accents in the framework of English as a lingua franca (ELF), and explores how their attitudes towards different accents might affect their identity. Continue reading →