Hinglish: an approach to cultural sensibilization and

acceptance towards Indian English exposure.

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There is a negative attitude towards accented English. This happens because

learners are rarely exposed to it, so it appears unintelligible and very difficult to

understand. The main goal of our research study is to expose learners to a

different accent ( Indian English) and hence, improve their tolerance and

acceptance towards it, since they will get familiar with it, develop positive

attitudes as well as affect, and comprehend it better.

Bresnahan, M. ( 2002). Stated that a different accent is regarded as a

differentiation mark and can be an indicator that someone is an outsider to a

group, which can led to rejection and exclusion.

It is important to highlight that in real life there are no “standard accents”, since

everybody’s speech has specific features that make their accents unique.

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What are we going todo?

We will be creating online classes where autonomous

learners can go and find different lessons and task in

Hindi English (Hinglish), for them to be exposed to the

language and develop a sense of tolerance and

acceptance towards this dialect that is now part of group

of standard Englishes of the world.

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Why ?

BECAUSE:

• ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND

LEARNERS ARE INTOLERANT AND

REJECTIVE TOWARDS ACCENTED

ENGLISH

• BECAUSE ENGLISH HAS MANY

VARIATIONS AND THEY ARE VALID

AND AS THEY ARE WIDELY

SPOKEN, THEY ARE WORTH TO BE

INSTRUCTED AND USED

• BECAUSE WE WANT TO

ENCOURAGE AUTONOMOUS

LEARNERS TO APPROACH

DIFFERENT ACCENTS AND

DIALECTS TO IMPROVE THEIR

COMPRHENSION AND LANGUAGE

SKILLS

Through an online platform

that is already created to

provide lessons on

Vernacular English. The aim

of our project is to expand

this platform with lessons of

Hindi English (Hinglish).