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The purpose of this study is to examine how Korean EFL learners perceive foreigner-directed speech (FDS) and whether institutional background and text difficulty influence such perceptions. Although previous studies have often documented the acoustic characteristics of FDS, fewer studies have explored how learners evaluate FDS across multiple perceptual dimensions or how other factors may moderate these evaluations. To address this issue, sixty undergraduate students from 2- and 4-year institutions completed a rating task in which they evaluated casual speech and FDS produced from two texts differing in difficulty, The North Wind and the Sun and Please Call Stella. Participants rated each stimulus in terms of friendliness, confidence, naturalness, and politeness, and the data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models. The results indicate that FDS was perceived as friendlier and more polite, but less confident and less natural than casual speech. Significant interaction effects revealed that the impact of speaking style was greater for higher cognitive demand and among 2-year students. These findings suggest that perceptions of FDS are shaped not only by speaking style but also by institutional background and text difficulty.

목차

I. Introduction
II. Related Works
1. Foreigner-Directed Speech
2. Institutional Background and Learner Variation
3. Text Difficulty and Cognitive Demands
III. Methods
1. Participants
2. Stimuli
3. Procedure
4. Statistical Verification
IV. Results
1. Interpersonal Attributes
2. Speaker-Intrinsic Attributes
V. Discussion and Conclusion
Works Cited
Abstract

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저자

• Jung, Ye-Jee [ Incheon National University ]
• Kim, Sungeun [ Kyungpook National University ] Corresponding Author

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810