LANGUAGE ATTITUDE “Research on Attitude towards Accent” Deny A. Kwary

Attitude towards Accent  Intelligence Giles & Powesland (1975). Speech Style and Social Evaluation. Giles & Powesland (1975). Speech Style and Social Evaluation. Matched-guised technique: an investigator who could speak either Birmingham accent and RP spoke to two groups of 17-year-olds about psychology, using one accent with one group and the other accent with the other group.Matched-guised technique: an investigator who could speak either Birmingham accent and RP spoke to two groups of 17-year-olds about psychology, using one accent with one group and the other accent with the other group. Result: The investigator was rated higher in his RP in terms of competence, intelligence, and industrious.Result: The investigator was rated higher in his RP in terms of competence, intelligence, and industrious.

Giles and Ryan (1982): concluded that a certain accent can change public opinion and show the speaker’s social class. Giles and Ryan (1982): concluded that a certain accent can change public opinion and show the speaker’s social class. Matched-guised technique: Four groups of people were asked to listen to a recording about capital punishment.Matched-guised technique: Four groups of people were asked to listen to a recording about capital punishment. The first group listened to the argument in RP;The first group listened to the argument in RP; The second group listened to it in South Wales accent;The second group listened to it in South Wales accent; The third in Somerset accent;The third in Somerset accent; The fourth in Birmingham accent.The fourth in Birmingham accent. Result: The RP speaker is considered to have higher competency the local accent speaker. Result: The RP speaker is considered to have higher competency the local accent speaker. However, the respondents tend to agree with arguments of the local accent speaker. Attitude towards Accent  Politics

Birnei (1998) Birnei (1998) Location: BavariaLocation: Bavaria Respondents: Business peopleRespondents: Business people Result: Most of the respondents prefer studying in an English course which uses British English and that of American English.Result: Most of the respondents prefer studying in an English course which uses British English and that of American English. Gibb (1999) Gibb (1999) Location: KoreaLocation: Korea Respondents: Business People and StudentsRespondents: Business People and Students Result: Most of the respondents prefer studying in an English course which uses American English and that of British English.Result: Most of the respondents prefer studying in an English course which uses American English and that of British English. Attitude towards Accent  English Course Business

Lambert (1968): The group of students that have positive attitude towards the Foreign Language get better achievements. Attitude towards Accent  Achievement in Learning a Foreign Language

Attitudes towards Accent  Children’s preference Rosenthal (1974): Attitudes of children towards SE and AAVE. Rosenthal (1974): Attitudes of children towards SE and AAVE. Location: FloridaLocation: Florida Respondents: 136 school children between the ages three to six.Respondents: 136 school children between the ages three to six. The children saw two identical boxes, with a tape-recorder and a present hidden.The children saw two identical boxes, with a tape-recorder and a present hidden. 73% of the children expected a present from the voice with SE.73% of the children expected a present from the voice with SE.

Language Attitude Research in Indonesia Gunarwan (1983): The language attitude of the students at the University of Indonesia towards Standard and Non-standard Indonesian language. Gunarwan (1983): The language attitude of the students at the University of Indonesia towards Standard and Non-standard Indonesian language. Suhardi (1991): The language attitude of the students and scholars at the University of Indonesia towards Indonesian language, local language and foreign language Suhardi (1991): The language attitude of the students and scholars at the University of Indonesia towards Indonesian language, local language and foreign language

Moeliono (1988) listed six negative attitudes which prevent the standardization of Indonesian language: 1.Underestimating the needs of quality standards. 2.Neglecting the additions of new vocabulary. 3.Appreciating a foreign language. 4.Disobeying the grammar rules. 5.Not giving any attention towards language research and development. 6.Using the sentence pattern of a foreign language.