IELTS examiners' kiwi accent and iranian IELTS candidates' identity and speaking performance in New Zealand

Maria  Shobeiry

doi:10.29051/el.v8iesp.1.16913

Autores/as

Maria Shobeiry University of Tehran (UT), Tehran – Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2499-0366

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v8iesp.1.16913

Palabras clave:

Identidad, Acento de los examinadores del IELTS, Acento de kiwi, Intervención cultural negativa

Resumen

Este estudio explora la influencia del acento neozelandés de los examinadores del IELTS (también conocido como acento kiwi) en el desempeño oral de 45 hombres y mujeres candidatos al IELTS iraníes dentro del marco de la teoría de la acomodación de la comunicación (CAT) desde la perspectiva del postestructuralismo en el que la identidad se considera un enfoque dinámico. Este es un diseño secuencial explicativo de método mixto en el que los puntajes de expresión oral de los candidatos en una prueba IELTS real se compararon con sus puntajes en una prueba simulada mediante el empleo de una prueba t de muestras pareadas para cada grupo de dominio del idioma (B2, C1, y C2). También se realizó una entrevista semiestructurada para extraer información sobre los sentimientos de los participantes al enfrentarse a los examinadores Kiwi. Los resultados revelaron que 1) la autoidentificación de los candidatos y 2) su nivel de competencia indicaron cómo su desempeño fue influenciado por el acento de los examinadores Kiwi. Los participantes con competencia B2 (puntaje de banda 5.5-6.5) y C1 (puntaje de banda 7-8), el acento kiwi acentuó las diferencias de origen étnico e identidad. También se ocuparon de cuestiones culturales de L1 como barrera. Ninguno de estos problemas se encontró en los participantes C2 (puntuación de la banda 8.5-9). Los instructores de IELTS deben considerar las características de identidad de los candidatos y cubrir todos los acentos principales de los hablantes nativos de inglés en sus programas de preparación.

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Biografía del autor/a

Maria Shobeiry, University of Tehran (UT), Tehran – Iran

Department of Applied Linguistics. PhD Candidate

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