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.