ELLs’ self-criticism in sounding ‘native-like’ and how it affects language learning motivation

The aim of this project is to explore how ELLs’ (English language learners) self-criticism in sounding native-like affect their language learning motivation in Canadian and Chinese universities. Although achieving a ‘native-like’ pronounciation is far from being proficient in a language, many language learners’ goals are to sound linguistically authentic for many different reasons.
It is expected that this project’s results will yield an inverse relationship between self-criticism in sounding native-like and language learning motivation, as well as a closer examination of the values of viewing native-like pronounciation between different cultures. To conclude, it is important to understand how self-criticism in sounding native-like affects the motivation of University ELLs so that there are better and proper language instruction and support strategies in the classroom to optimize learning experiences.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shijing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

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