Is Philippine english an existing english? : awareness and acceptability of academicians in a polytechnic college in the Philipines towards Philippine english / Krys Jim D. Abinal, Jolina Q. Berma, and Job F. Prestado Jr.

Undergraduate Theses (ABELS) - English Language Studies. Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, 2023.

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This study aimed to determine the Awareness and Acceptability of Academicians in a tic College in the Philippines towards Philippine English. The researchers devised four ctives in this study: (1) What is the extent of participants' awareness of Philippine English meaning, features, and uses? (2) What is the extent of participants' acceptance of English along grammatical and lexical items? (3) Is there a significant relationship awareness and acceptability of participants? and (4) What are the factors affecting the and acceptability toward Philippine English? To achieve the objectives, the researchers quantitative research design. The researchers conducted surveys and interviews among the regular faculty members of the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges for the data gathering. Further, researchers utilized descriptive correlational analysis to describe and know the relationship of the variables. Thematic analysis was also utilized to analyze the data from the audio recordings. The findings showed that regular faculty members are y aware of meaning, features, and uses and very accepting of the grammatical and lexical items of Phe. It also presents that variables have a significant relationship and the factors affecting both awareness and acceptability of the regular faculty members.