Lingua
Vol 18 No 2 (2022): Lingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa

EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ AWARENESS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH VARIETIES

Achmad Ivansyah Obos (Mulawarman University)
Susilo Susilo (Mulawarman University)
Maria Teodora Ping (Mulawarman University)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Dec 2022

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to explore how the EFL students aware toward American and British English and to know EFL students’ perception towards both varieties that influence their learning experiences. This qualitative descriptive research conducted the ethnonarrative approach, which were analyzed descriptively through collecting the data, reducing inappropriate data, displaying and concluding data. The results revealed that the way how the EFL students aware toward American and British English were the participants watch television programs to do self-understanding, they learned both varieties in school and took the TOEFL and IELTS exam, they also frequently use American English to make a conversation as their process of socialization. The EFL students’ perception towards both varieties that influence their learning experiences were different. The first participant thought that British English is way much professional, had unique grammatical and vocabularies. While the second participant thought that American English used for daily conversation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Lingua

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Journal Lingua is focused on publishing the original research articles, review articles from contributors, and the current issues related to language and linguistics. The main objective of Lingua is to provide a platform for the international scholars, academicians, and researchers to share the ...