Do Accents Decide Who Sounds Fluent?
Read More: Do Accents Decide Who Sounds Fluent?Perceptions of fluency across the English-speaking world Contents Fluency, Accent, and Perception When people say someone “sounds fluent,” what are they really hearing? Is it the flow of speech itself, or the accent in which it is carried? English, with its vast spread of global varieties, makes this question unavoidable: a Jamaican, a Glaswegian, and…
The Death of the Native Speaker? Language Proficiency in the Age of AI Support
Read More: The Death of the Native Speaker? Language Proficiency in the Age of AI SupportContents A Provocation: Is “Native Speaker” Still a Useful Idea?A Short History of a Big MythWhat AI Can Do Now (And What It Still Gets Wrong)Education: Assessment, Enablement and the New LiteracyImmigration: Gatekeeping, CEFR, and the AI QuestionHiring & HR: From Accent Bias to Assistive FluencyRethinking Proficiency: Toward AI-Augmented Communicative CompetenceWorked Examples: What Changes On…
”Sorry, What Language Was That?” – The Art of Code-Switching
Read More: ”Sorry, What Language Was That?” – The Art of Code-SwitchingHow bilingual speakers use language to perform and negotiate self Contents Words as Social Currency What is Code-Switching? Code-Switching and Identity Performance Cultural Capital and Language Choice Examples in Real Life Language Ideologies and Social Meaning Final Reflections: Beyond the Switch References Words as Social Currency We do not merely speak, we navigate, negotiate, and…
