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Standard varieties of English, often seen as a marker of cultural and symbolic capital, are often prioritised by educators, learners, parents, policymakers, and curriculum designers. Such normative expectations reflect deeper sociocultural ideologies that privilege particular accents as aspirational and unquestionable. This lecture interrogates the pervasive influence of mainstream and social media, as well as institutionalised education systems, in perpetuating pressures to conform to standardised pronunciation. It critically examines how these practices marginalise language learners by undermining their linguistic identities and perpetuating inequities. 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