IMPACT OF L2 PERFORMERS’ ACCENT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

With the increasing demand for English language proficiency in today’s global environment,
comes a need for trained English teachers as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL). The
majority of students in EFL classes are nonnative speakers of English. Non-native
practitioners train them for English language. Their perfections and imperfections have very
strong impact on the listening comprehension of the students. This particularly affects to the
teaching of oral and aural skills both. There is a belief that accent of teachers in EFL classes
can hinder ESL/EFL student listening success. This study will discuss that educational
background and family background affect the language of learners. However, this study has
discussed the effects of practitioners’ accent on EFL students listening comprehension. This
study very strongly focuses upon the importance of listening and accent. For language
learning it is really very important to be understood by the students. That is only practice of
listening which would enable students to be a critical listener. They would be efficient
enough to decode the message and if concepts of the listeners would be clear then he could
invite anybody for the discussion on different topics because his listening is clear and to be
proficient in English language and to follow its accent one needs to listen natives through
their teachers and practice EFL learners can also learn and speak English language well.

Those who are taking English classes they must be sure about the accent of the language that
they are going to utter inside the classroom.