ERIC Number: EJ1468856
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1479-0718
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7530
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Navigating Linguistic Diversity toward ELF-Informed Pedagogy: Filipino Teachers' Perceptions of Their Accent
Mark Bedoya Ulla1; Ethel Jovy Wacas2; Wendy Eustaquio2; Geraldine S. Wakat2
International Journal of Multilingualism, v22 n2 p960-974 2025
Teachers' accents have become important in World Englishes (WE) and English as a lingua franca (ELF) studies. However, limited studies investigate how English teachers view their accents and how such perceptions affect their teaching practice. This study uses narrative inquiry to explore two Filipino English language teachers' perceptions and practices of their English accents in multilingual and multicultural classrooms. The findings highlight their cultural, social, professional, and pedagogical orientations, which shaped their personal perceptions and pedagogical practices relating to their English language teaching with their English accent. While teachers recognised the cultural identity of their accents, their professional and social networks prescribed them to adopt a different accent. However, by consistently engaging with their language classroom pedagogies, they could adapt and reshape their teaching methods and their beliefs and perceptions, emphasising the importance of incorporating the need to introduce other Englishes. The findings have significant implications for policy and practice in an ELF-informed pedagogy, especially in a multicultural and multilingual classroom.
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Pronunciation, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Multilingualism, Self Concept, Cultural Background, Social Networks, Language Attitudes
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Languages and General Education, Walailak University, Thai Buri, Thailand; 2Graduate School, Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines