BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Linguistics Colloquium | Vietnamese L2 Learners’ Attitudes Towa rds and Perceptions of Different Varieties of Vietnamese Accents | Sept. 16 \n\nOhio University’s Linguistics Colloquium Series presents An Sakach disc ussing “Vietnamese L2 Learners’ Attitudes Towards and Perceptions of Differ ent Varieties of Vietnamese Accents” on Friday\, Sept. 23 \, at 12:55-1:50 p.m. via Microsoft TEAMS.\n\n \n\nJoin on your computer or mobile appMeetin g ID: 272 010 274 784 Passcode: AXBHWGOr call in (audio only) +1 614-706-65 72\,\,38818416# United States\, Columbus Phone Conference ID: 388 184 16# \n\nContact Dr. David Bell\, Chair of Linguistics at Ohio University\, bel ld@ohio.edu.\n\n \n\nSakach is Lecturer\, Vietnamese\, School of Internatio nal Letters and Cultures\, Arizona State University\, Tempeh and an alumna of the MA Linguistics program.\n\n \n\nAbstract: Previous research findings of L2 Vietnamese learners’ attitudes have noted a considerable bias toward s certain dialects in the L2 Vietnamese teaching industry (Pham\, 2008\; La m\, 2006\; Tô\, 2005) or have narrated Vietnamese heritage language learner s in the US and their perspectives towards dialects (Potter\, 2014). Howeve r\, much uncertainty still exists about the specific attitudes of learners in different parts of the world towards the dialects and the relationship b etween attitudinal factors and their perceptual judgement. This paper exami nes the attitudes towards and perceptions of the three regional dialects na mely Hanoi\, Hue and Hochiminh of L2 Vietnamese learners who started learni ng the language in various educational institutes in Vietnam\, US\, Thailan d\, Korea\, Japan\, China\, and Russia. The survey consists of attitudinal factors including friendliness\, familiarity\, likability\, preference\, an d comfortableness while perceptual judgment tasks include dialect identific ation and intelligibility and comprehensibility rating. Data collected from an online survey (n=60) and interviews (n=5) indicate that there are weak yet significant positive correlations between dialect familiarity\, comfort ableness and preference and the score of perceptual tasks. The interviews a lso reveal that the longer one learns Vietnamese\, the lighter weight they put on dialect preferences. The results suggest that instead of considering students’ attitudes in general and dialect preference in particular as a p roblem\, instructors can acknowledge their preferences and raise students’ awareness of other varieties\, their values and importance. Students may ha ve a preference\, feel unfamiliar or not comfortable with a dialect at a ce rtain point\; however\, those attitudes may change through time and experie nce.\n\n \n\nReferences \n\nLam\, M. B. 2006. The cultural politics o f Vietnamese language pedagogy. Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teachin g\, Vol 12:2. pp.1-19.Pham\, A. H. (2008). The non-issue of dialect in teac hing Vietnamese. Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teaching\, 14\, 22-39. Potter\, L. M. (2014). 2nd year Vietnamese heritage language learners in hi gher education: a case study. Doctoral dissertation\, Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa.Tô\, Đ. N. 2005. Khi người nước ngoài học tiếng Việt Sài Gòn (When foreigners study Vietnamese spoken by Saigon speakers)\, in Một số vấn đề về phương ngữ xã hội (Some issues on social dialects)\, Trần Thị Ngọc Lang (ed). Hochiminh City: Nhà Xuất Bản Khoa Học Xã Hội. 273-281 DTEND:20220916T175000Z DTSTAMP:20241127T014225Z DTSTART:20220916T165500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium | Vietnamese L2 Learners’ Attitudes Towards and Perceptions of Different Varieties of Vietnamese Accents | Sept. 16 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_40693380403946 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/linguistics_colloquium_sept_16 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR