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A study of the use of English: a case study of English in Thai songs ...
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As an international language, English is used as a medium in various settings such as music and entertainment. The number of non-native users is continuously increasing around the world. People often use English for communication when they speak different mother tongues. Communication between non-native users and native speakers, as well as among non-natives themselves, leads to a wide variety of types of English. This can lead to problems of intelligibility. This research principally has aimed to determine the level of comprehensibility of English inserted in Thai popular music. The research comprised four groups of participants: Thais; non-native speakers of English who are not Thai citizens; native English speakers; and lyricists. The research tools included song lyrics, music videos, interviews, and a questionnaire. The study has shown that those who attained the highest level of understanding of the English words in Thai songs were Thais, followed by non-native speakers of English who were non-Thais. ...
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Applied linguistics; Attitudes; English in Thai songs; English language; Intelligibility; Intercultural communication; Popular music; World Englishes
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.14457/tu.the.2015.1533
http://doi.nrct.go.th/?page=resolve_doi&resolve_doi=10.14457/TU.the.2015.1533
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ESL Students Recognition of and Attitudes Towards American Regional Dialects
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In: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1429803862 (2015)
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The status of English as an international language in Malaysia: perceptions and attitudes of language educators and language learners in tertiary educational institutions
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Ali, Fatimah. - : Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, 2015
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Researching awareness and attitudes : a study of world Englishes and English teachers in South Korea
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Ahn, Hyejeong. - : Monash University. Faculty of Arts. HDR program of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, 2015
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ICE on Food: Talk related to foodways in the International Corpus of English ; Sociolinguistics Summer School 6 (SSS6)
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Finland Twitter English ; lexical, grammatical, and geographical properties
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Toward World Englishes Writing: Is It Idealism in the Introductory Composition Class?
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In: Open Access Dissertations (2015)
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Non-canonical structures, they use them differently : information packaging in spoken varieties of English
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Exploring Male and Female Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitude towards Native and Non-native Varieties of English
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In: Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 8, Iss 17, Pp 144-165 (2015) (2015)
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