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In the Right Place at the Right Time: Asian English Accents in a Listening Test for Healthcare Professions |
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| Creator | 1. Khwanchanok Suebsook 2. Dumrong Adunyarittigun |
| Title | In the Right Place at the Right Time: Asian English Accents in a Listening Test for Healthcare Professions |
| Publisher | สถาบันภาษา จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | PASAA : a journal of language teaching and learning |
| Journal Vol. | 51 |
| Page no. | 215-234 |
| Keyword | Asian English accents,listening test for healthcare professions,healthcare professionals |
| ISSN | 2287-0024 |
| Abstract | The rise of medical tourism and the increasing number of international patients from Asian countries have led Thai healthcare professionals to serve a lot of Asian patients and to encounter a complexity of language use in their workplace. There is a necessity for these professionals to strive for an understanding of Asian accents spoken by the patients in order to ensure successful communication and subsequently to best provide them with highquality medical services. Therefore, the ability to understand Asian accents has become necessary for healthcare professionals. To enhance test validity and authenticity and promote beneficial washback, English proficiency tests used in healthcare professions should include a variety of Asian English accents. Unfortunately, these tests limit accents to the inner-circle varieties. With a high tendency of encountering Asian speakers, it seems unreasonable to ignore Asian English accents and expose healthcarepersonnel to the inner-circle varieties only inlistening tests. Thus, the inclusion of Asian Englishaccents in a listening test for healthcare professionsis significantly needed. This paper mainly discussesthe rationale for incorporating Asian English accentsas test input and addresses methodological concernsin the development of a listening test with variousaccents. |
