Who speaks “broken English”? US undergraduates’ perceptions of non‐native English1

By Stephanie Lindemann. 2005

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Speaking With a Nonnative Accent: Perceptions of Bias, Communication Difficulties, and Belonging in the United States (2010, background): “…Hypothesis 3: report less discrimination if they have a European accent rather than an Asian or Latino accent, because of more favorable perceptions of European accents (Lindemann, 2005); and Hypothesis 4: indicate greater problems with communication than would natively accented participants.”
The fluency principle: Why foreign accent strength negatively biases language attitudes (2017, background): “The Mandarin accent was selected because it tends to be negatively stereotyped in the U.S.A. on both status and solidarity traits relative to SAE (Cargile, 1997; Lindemann, 2005) and is a variety many Americans encounter in their daily lives.”
Does a rater’s familiarity with a candidate’s pronunciation affect the rating in oral proficiency interviews? (2011, background): “Research on native speaker perceptions of non-native English accents shows that accent is a stereotyped marker of social class (Brennan & Brennan, 1981; Nesdale & Rooney, 1996) and perceptions of personality such as “friendliness” and “pleasantness”(Lindemann, 2005).”
Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance (2012, background): “Asians who speak accented English are rated lower on status-related traits such as competence, education, and intelligence (Lindemann, 2003, 2005) and, like their Hispanic counterparts, feel more like outsiders and perceive greater discrimination than do Whites who speak accented English (Dovidio…”
The Role of Identity Gaps, Discrimination, and Acculturation in International Students’ Educational Satisfaction in American Classrooms (2008, background): “In a study of American students’ perceptions of their international counterparts’ English usage, Lindemann (2005) found that Americans tend to label non-native speakers’ English as ‘‘broken,’’ recognize traits related to accents and pronunciations for different nationalities, and generally view…”
Attitudes towards foreign accents among adult multilingual language users (2015, background): “Research has suggested that native speakers of English may judge FA speech as less prestigious than native patterns (Kalin and Rayko 1978; Lindemann 2005).”
Whose Language Counts as High Quality? Measuring Language Ideologies in Text Data Selection (2022, background): “English-language teaching pedagogies are rooted in ideologies about well-spokenness (Vanegas et al., 2016).”