Abstract
This paper studies how socio-cultural factors are responsible for excluding English Language Learners in academia for being carriers of regional accents which reflect their marginalized backgrounds. Most research materials that are related to English Language Learning deals with either teachers being responsible for not being able to teach or that students are not motivated enough to read, learn and speak English. A lot of material is also available to teach the teachers the techniques of teaching or teach the students the techniques of learning English. A majority of the studies have said little about the socio-cultural factors excluding students from learning in the academia. In my study, I have tried to point out this subtle factor as the major reason intimidating learning.
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Hira, Shewli
(2024)
"Accents as Barriers in Speaking English,"
International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills (IJELTS): Vol. 2:
Iss.
4, Article 9.
Available at:
https://research.smartsociety.org/ijelts/vol2/iss4/9