English Accents and L2 Learner’s Identity

Abstract

This study investigates the perception and attitude toward various world English accents that L2 learners develop in their English learning process. The participants of this study are twenty-two Korean international graduate students who were enrolled in a Mid-western, U.S. University. They are classified in this study by the four categories of Sex, Duration of Stay in the U.S, Age, and major. This study examines the perception and attitude that Korean learners have toward the various accents of World Englishes. The result of this study reveals how language ideology and the misconception about Standard English affect learner identity in their language learning 
process.