Eng Breaking’s Three Techniques to Speak English Like a Native Speaker: A Response Paper

Authors

  • riza amelia uin-suska

Abstract

This article aims to deliver the writer’s reaction towards the Eng Breaking claim’s that the online course helps the learners to speak English like a native speaker. In reality, native speakerism is more like a marketing strategy to persuade the English language learners to buy their product rather than a true promise which will come true. A pile of research in second language acquisition has reported that the likely of non-native speakers to achieve nativelike proficiency is slim. There are many factors which prevent it from happening, like learner’s age of learning, method, materials, motivation, and learning environment. Furthermore, the writer uses the literature of second language acquisition studies to support her arguments to counter the Eng Breaking’s claim as a face value promise. The writer also discusses the Eng Breaking three techniques of learning English from the literature point of view. The writer argues that the learning techniques can help the learners to learn English but not likely will lead the learners to possess the native speaker proficiency. In conclusion, the writer sums up that Eng Breaking online course is just a normal English course, whereas native speakerism is exercised and sponsored to merely attract lay people to spend their money into buying their product.

Keywords: Second language; native-speakerism; Eng Breaking.

References

Abdulrahman, T., Basalama, N., & Widodo, M. R. (2018). The Impact of Podcasts on EFL Students' Listening Comprehension. International Journal of Language Education, 2(2), 23-33.

Aneja, G. A. (2016). (Non) native speakered: Rethinking (non) nativeness and teacher identity in TESOL teacher education. Tesol Quarterly, 50(3), 572-596.

Ariyanti, A. (2016). Psychological factors affecting EFL students’ speaking performance. ASIAN TEFL Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 1(1).

Birdsong, D. (1992). Ultimate attainment in second language acquisition. Language, 706-755.

Boonkit, K. (2010). Enhancing the development of speaking skills for non-native speakers of English. Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 2(2), 1305-1309.

Chen, H. C. (2016). In-Service Teachers' Intelligibility and Pronunciation Adjustment Strategies in English Language Classrooms. English Language Teaching, 9(4), 30-53.

Chen, Y., Jiang, Y., & Mu, Z. (2015). A survey study: The correlation between introversion/extroversion and oral English learning outcome. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 6(3), 581.

Chomsky, N. (1965). Persistent topics in linguistic theory. Diogenes, 13(51), 13-20.

Clahsen, H., & Felser, C. (2006). How native-like is non-native language processing?. Trends in cognitive sciences, 10(12), 564-570.

Cook, V. J. (2010). The relationship between first and second language acquisition revisited. The Continuum companion to second language acquisition, 137-157.

Coskun, A. (2013). Native Speakers as Teachers in Turkey: Non-Native Pre-Service English Teachers' Reactions to a Nation-Wide Project. Qualitative Report, 18, 57.

DeKeyser, R. (2013). Age effects in second language learning. In The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition (pp. 442-460). Routledge.

DeKeyser, R. (2020). Skill acquisition theory. In Theories in second language acquisition (pp. 83-104). Routledge.

Delaine-Smith, Z. (2021). Pronunciation: Exploring the Attitudes of ELT Teachers Who Neglect It. 英語教育研究所紀要 (CELE Journal)= CELE JOURNAL, (29), 15-41.

Escobar, C. F. (2018). EFL Learner's Self-concept: Repercussions of Native Speakerism. International Journal for 21st Century Education, 5(1), 19-35.

Fauziati, E. (2011). Interlanguage and error fossilization: a study of Indonesian students learning English as a foreign. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1(1), 23-38.

Gao, Y., Jia, Z., & Zhou, Y. (2015). EFL learning and identity development: A longitudinal study in 5 universities in China. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 14(3), 137-158.

Gelman, S. A. (2009). Learning from others: Children's construction of concepts. Annual review of psychology, 60, 115-140.

Gilakjani, A. P. (2011). A study on the situation of pronunciation instruction in ESL/EFL classrooms. Journal of studies in education, 1(1), 1-15.

Gilakjani, A. P., & Ahmadi, M. R. (2011). Why Is Pronunciation So Difficult to Learn?. English language teaching, 4(3), 74-83.

Gumilang, W. A. (2019). The use of Radio Podcast in teaching listening comprehension at STKIP PGRI Tulungagung. In The International English Language Teachers and Lecturers Conference (Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 251).

Håkanson, G. (2005). Similarities and differences in L1 and L2 development. Cross-linguistic aspects of processability theory, 179-197.

Hakim, M. A. R. (2015). Experienced EFL teachers’ challenges and strategies in teaching speaking for introvert students. European Journal of Social Sciences, 48(4), 437-446.

Hashemi, M. (2011). Language stress and anxiety among the English language learners. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, 1811-1816.

Hidayati, A. N., Dewi, N. S. N., Nurhaedin, E., & Rosmala, D. (2020). Foreign language listening anxiety in an academic listening class. J-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic, 7(2), 1-9.

Hulstijn, J. H. (2011). Language proficiency in native and nonnative speakers: An agenda for research and suggestions for second-language assessment. Language Assessment Quarterly, 8(3), 229-249.

Hulstijn, J. H. (2019). An individual‐differences framework for comparing nonnative with native speakers: Perspectives from BLC theory. Language Learning, 69, 157-183.

Kaur, P., & Raman, A. (2014). Exploring native speaker and non-native speaker accents: The English as a Lingua Franca perspective. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155, 253-259.

Kubota, R., & Lin, A. (2006). Race and TESOL: Introduction to concepts and theories. TESOL quarterly, 40(3), 471-493.

Kuhl, P. K. (2010). Brain mechanisms in early language acquisition. Neuron, 67(5), 713-727.

Lee, M., Schutz, P. A., van Vlack, S., & Martínez Agudo, J. (2017). Non-native English-speaking teachers’ anxieties and insecurities: Self-perceptions of their communicative limitations. Native and non-native teachers in second language classrooms: Professional challenges and teacher education. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 119-138.

Liu, M., & Jackson, J. (2011). Reticence and anxiety in oral English lessons: a case study in China. Researching Chinese Learners, 119-137.

Llurda, E. (2014). Native and non-native teachers of English. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 1-5.

Luu, V. T., Lian, A. P., & Siriyothin, P. (2021). Developing EFL learners’ listening comprehension through a computer-assisted self-regulated prosody-based listening platform. CALL-Electronic Journal, 22(1), 246-263.

Mak, B. (2011). An exploration of speaking-in-class anxiety with Chinese ESL learners. System, 39(2), 202-214.

Mulder, K., & Hulstijn, J. H. (2011). Linguistic skills of adult native speakers, as a function of age and level of education. Applied linguistics, 32(5), 475-494.

Online ESL market worth $10bn in 2021 – report. (June 17, 2021). Accessed on October 10, 2022 from https://thepienews.com/news/online-esl-market-worth-10bn-in-2021/

Patil, Z. N. (2012). Lend Me Your Ears: Developing Listening Skills. Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya, 6(2).

Reis, D. S. (2011). “I’m not alone”: Empowering non-native English-speaking teachers to challenge the native speaker myth. In Research on Second Language Teacher Education (pp. 45-63). Routledge.

Rivers, D. J. (2011). Intercultural processes in accented English. World Englishes, 30(3), 375-391.

Sagarra, N., & Herschensohn, J. (2010). The role of proficiency and working memory in gender and number agreement processing in L1 and L2 Spanish. Lingua, 120(8), 2022-2039.

Saville-Troike, M. (2012). Introducing Second Language Acquisition (2nd ed., Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511888830

Scovel, T. (1988). A time to speak: A psycholinguistic inquiry into the critical period for human speech. Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Seriadi, S. L. N. (2019). English language education in early childhood through the children’s songs. Yavana Bhasha: Journal of English Language Education, 1(1).

Setyadi, A. (2018). Pasangan Minimal” Fonem Alat “Permainan Bahasa. Nusa: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra, 13(3), 405-417.

Singleton, D. M., & Lengyel, Z. (Eds.). (1995). The age factor in second language acquisition: A critical look at the critical period hypothesis. Multilingual Matters.

Snow, C. E., & Hoefnagel-Höhle, M. (1977). Age differences in the pronunciation of foreign sounds. Language and speech, 20(4), 357-365.

Tanveer, M. (2007). Investigation of the factors that cause language anxiety for ESL/EFL learners in learning speaking skills and the influence it casts on communication in the target language. University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Tergujeff, E. (2022). Pronunciation Teaching in EFL K–12 Settings. Second Language Pronunciation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Teaching, 235.

Tupas, R. (2022). The coloniality of native speakerism. Asian Englishes, 24 (2), 147-159.

Uchida, Y., & Sugimoto, J. (2020). Pronunciation goals of Japanese English teachers in the EFL classroom: Ambivalence toward native-like and intelligible pronunciation. The Language Teacher, 44(1), 3-9.

Viola, J. C. (2011). Knowing What We Know: The Developing Child and the Developing Clinician. In A Clinician's Guide to Normal Cognitive Development in Childhood (pp. 251-264). Routledge.

White, L. (2014). Linguistic theory, universal grammar, and second language acquisition. In Theories in second language acquisition (pp. 46-65). Routledge.

Zacharias, N. T. (2010). Acknowledging learner multiple identities in the EFL classroom. In k@ ta, 12(1), 26-41.

Zhang, Q. M. (2009). Affecting factors of native-like pronunciation: A literature review. Korea Education & Research Institute, 27(2), 33-52.

Downloads

Published

2022-12-12

How to Cite

amelia, riza. (2022). Eng Breaking’s Three Techniques to Speak English Like a Native Speaker: A Response Paper. Tarbiyah Suska Conference Series, 1(1), 93–102. Retrieved from https://jom.uin-suska.ac.id/index.php/TSCS/article/view/148