accent questionaire

 

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Ethnicity:

First spoken Language:

What region of England do you live:

Have you lived in any other countries:

 

Do you think people judge you on your accent? __________________________________________________________________________________

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Do you make decisions on someone’s accents when speaking to them?

 

 

 

 

Would you prefer your child to speak in a regional accent or nonstandard English? __________________________________________________________________________________

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Would you respect someone more with a non-standard English accent than a scouse accent?  __________________________________________________________________________________

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Do you think accents effect your employment chances e.g preferring to employ someone who speaks in nonstandard English than someone from a cockney background? __________________________________________________________________________________

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Would you say “The Queens English” is proper English and regional accents and slang are wrong? Why do you think this? __________________________________________________________________________________

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Would you say your region effects your dialect and lexis for the better or worse e.g created words, word meanings? __________________________________________________________________________________

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Does your change when speaking to your family and Friends? What are changes do you notice? __________________________________________________________________________________

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