INFLUENCES OF TEACHER POWER AND THE USE OF PHONETICS WEBSITE OVER EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SPEAKING ENGLISH INTELLIGIBLY
INFLUENCES OF TEACHER POWER AND THE USE OF PHONETICS WEBSITE OVER EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SPEAKING ENGLISH INTELLIGIBLY

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates two hypotheses: 1) EFL undergraduate students have positive attitudes towards the use of the phonetics website; and 2) teacher power can greatly influence their positive attitudes toward speaking English intelligibly. Research outcomes derive from questionnaire (n=79), crosschecked with interview data (n=47), revealing their alignments. The first hypothesis was confirmed at a high level; the second was partially supported. Teacher power appeared to be distracted by power relations in interactions between native and non-native English speakers and among non-native English speakers themselves. The study offers two insightful directions for EFL teachers.

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