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This study investigates how Korean English speakers (KESs) perceive East-Asian English speakers (EAESs) in view of World Englishes (WE). Two surveys were used to examine KESs’ awareness of WE and their perceptions of six EAESs from China, Japan, and Korea. one hundred and ninety-three college students participated in this study and 23 interviewees were randomly selected for rounds of interviews to triangulate the survey data. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the four categories: (1) belief in learning pronunciation: (2) views of Inner Circle (IC) speakers, (3) preference for interaction with IC English speakers, and (4) willingness to communicate (WTC) with Outer Circle (OC)/ Expanding Circle (EC) speakers through MANOVA. According to the combined results of t-tests, there were also 31 statistically significant differences in KESs’ perceptions between the high and low groups in all the WE categories except for the interaction with IC English speakers depending on the levels of their awareness of WE. The KESs in this study manifested cognitive ambivalence which means the participants felt dissonance in their feelings between valuing non-native accents and yearning for native-like pronunciation. Lastly, this study discusses some important factors related to identities and ownerships of English as WE speakers along with some suggestions for further research on WE.
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INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
Standard English (SE) and Teaching Pronunciation
Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Interpretability
World Englishes (WE) and Lingua Franca Core (LFC)
METHOD
Participants
Instruments
Procedure
Data Analysis
RESULTS
KESs’ Awareness of WE
KESs’ Self-rated English Proficiency and Awareness of WE
Cross-Comparison of KESs’ Perceptions of EAESs.
KESs’ Self-rated English Proficiency and Perceptions of EAESs
Analysis of KESs’ Focus Group Interviews
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AUTHORS
REFERENCES
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