Fear of Accented English
Students outside the U.S. doubt reliability of instruction in English that is not from native speakers, study finds.
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Students ‘don’t trust lecturers who aren’t native speakers’
Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers
