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Nonetheless, most Japanese English language learners have continuously been only exposed to “native” English accents, particularly Received Pronunciation (RP) and General American (GA), in their English language classrooms. Asthe number of “non-native” English speakers exceeds the number of “native” English speakers in the world, it has been recently questioned whether exposing English language learners to only “native” English accents in English language classrooms is appropriate in this globalised world. The present study attempts to investigate 78 Japanese EFL learners’perceptions of different accents in spoken English. More specifically, the study examines the influence of “native” and “non-native” English accents on Japanese EFL learners’perceptions of grammaticality. Four “native” English speakers (i.e., the UK, the US, and Australia) and four “non-native” English speakers (i.e., Vietnam, Japan, Zimbabwe, and Russia) provided the speech samples used in the study. To measure the Japanese EFL learners’ perceptions of grammaticality, they were asked to listen to thirty-two grammatical and ungrammatical sentences read out by the eight speakers and judge each sentence using binary categories (i.e., grammatical/ungrammatical) . Moreover, they were asked to identify the place of origins of each speaker and label them as either “native” speaker or “non-native”speaker. The potential underlying factors influencing their judgements and evaluations are discussed, and the implications for research and teaching are also suggested.\u003Cbr>Keywords: perceptions of grammaticality, language attitudes, native/non-native dichotomy, English accents |  |  |\n\nIntroduction  \nAccording to Flowerdew (2011), there are approximately 400 million people who speak English as a first language, 300-500 million people who speak it as a second language, and 750 million people who speak it as a foreign language. These figures clearly demonstrate that “native” English speakers are significantly outnumbered by “non-native” English speakers. Despite the existence of numerous innercircle (e.g., the US, the UK, Australia), outer-circle (e.g., India, Singapore, Zimbabwe), and expandingcircle (e.g., Japan, Vietnam, Russia) English accents, Japan is one of the many EFL countries which has continuously given the most power and status to “native” inner-circle English accents, particularly General American (GA) and Received Pronunciation (RP), in English language classrooms. As stated in the Course of Study proposed by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) (2011), English language teachers in Japanese junior and senior high schools are required to teach “contemporary standard pronunciation.” Although no particular pronunciation model is specified, numerous researchers (e.g., Matsuda, 2002; Orikasa, 2016) illustrate that there is an implicit support for the use of the “native” English speaker pronunciation model, particularly GA and RP, in English language classes in Japanese junior and senior high schools, and the other “non-native”English accents have little or no place. 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