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Franks, Suzanne Kang, Hyun-Sook Veitch, Hillary Rose 2020-08-26T21:54:26Z 2020-08-26T21:54:26Z 2020-04-23 2020-05 This longitudinal study explored English as a Second Language (ESL) learners’ perceptions of different English accents, as well as their preferences and perceptions of their own L2 English accents. Using data collected via in-depth interviews with four undergraduate ESL students about their L2 communication experiences, the data reveals that participants’ accent preferences and perceptions of different English accents are highly complex and dynamic. In terms of perceptions of different English accents, participants demonstrated noticing of different English accents and noticing of how English accents play a role in English as a lingua franca communication. Furthermore, participants’ concerns about achieving target-like pronunciation versus intelligibility as a model in L2 communication were found to be among the main pragmatic considerations in their own L2 accent preferences. The findings demonstrate how ESL learners’ noticing of different English accents and of their own L2 accent preferences could have important implications for pronunciation instruction in ELT. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2020-08-25 without embargo terms The student, Hillary Veitch, accepted the attached license on 2020-04-23 at 09:58. The student, Hillary Veitch, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-04-23 at 10:07. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-04-23 at 14:49. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15044 on 2020-08-25 at 17:07:59 Made available in DSpace on 2020-08-26T21:54:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 VEITCH-THESIS-2020.pdf: 558092 bytes, checksum: ef7556f5bef1d91cef4974c3d13d4afd (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4211 bytes, checksum: a5bd6e4ca6f5d52b3b03d4ae858a0854 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-04-23 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/107913 en Copyright 2020 Hillary Veitch English language teaching pronunciation learner preferences learner perceptions accent English as a lingua franca native speaker norms Exploring ESL learner accent preferences: a longitudinal study text Thesis Linguistics Teaching of English Sec Lang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.A.