ABSTRACT
The interview is a useful means to explore people’s understandings and attitudes towards their own and other English accents. Viewing an interview as an instrument that becomes a practice deals with not only what the participants say but also how they say it and therefore helps one understand the latent and more subtle attitudes reflected by the participants. The interviews were all conducted in the language centre with the same interview procedure as with the student participants. As all the interviews were semi-structured with main themes and well-controlled questions, the participants were able to answer the questions with relevant information. The chapter focuses on the interview data of both the teacher and student participants. Compared with students, some teachers seem to realise the importance of their own identity when learning and teaching the English language, whereas most students, individually, perceive themselves as language learners rather than language users.
