Effects of accent, ethnicity, and lecture topic on undergraduates' perceptions of nonnative English-speaking teaching assistants. Rubin, D. L. & Smith, K. A. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 14(3):337–353, 1990.
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A matched guise study of 92 US undergraduates' comprehension of and attitudes toward nonnative English-speaking teaching assistants (NNSTAs) with Chinese accents revealed that 40% of Ss avoided NNSTA instructed classes. However, measured outcomes manifested few direct effects of actual accentedness in NNSTA speech. Instead, such factors as instructor ethnicity and lecture topic tended to be more potent determinants of S attitudes and comprehension. However, when Ss perceived, whether rightly or wrongly, high levels of foreign accentedness, they judged speakers to be poor teachers. (French & Spanish abstracts) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
@article{rubin_effects_1990,
	title = {Effects of accent, ethnicity, and lecture topic on undergraduates' perceptions of nonnative {English}-speaking teaching assistants},
	volume = {14},
	issn = {1873-7552(Electronic),0147-1767(Print)},
	doi = {10.1016/0147-1767(90)90019-S},
	abstract = {A matched guise study of 92 US undergraduates' comprehension of and attitudes toward nonnative English-speaking teaching assistants (NNSTAs) with Chinese accents revealed that 40\% of Ss avoided NNSTA instructed classes. However, measured outcomes manifested few direct effects of actual accentedness in NNSTA speech. Instead, such factors as instructor ethnicity and lecture topic tended to be more potent determinants of S attitudes and comprehension. However, when Ss perceived, whether rightly or wrongly, high levels of foreign accentedness, they judged speakers to be poor teachers. (French \& Spanish abstracts) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)},
	number = {3},
	journal = {International Journal of Intercultural Relations},
	author = {Rubin, Donald L. and Smith, Kim A.},
	year = {1990},
	keywords = {College Students, Comprehension, Racial and Ethnic Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics},
	pages = {337--353},
}

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