ENGLISH ACCENT EVALUATION: A STUDY ON INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS' PERCEPTION

Abstract

This paper is based on the survey of one hundred and six English Department Students' perception of four English accents: North American English, British English, Australian English and New Zealand English. The study reveals the students' identification of the four English accents, their perceived ease of comprehending them, and their exposure to the English accents, seen through their stay in the English speaking countries and the three mostly watched un-dubbed English TV programs/films.

Keywords

• English accent
• perception
• exposure.