Accents and Pronunciation

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dc.identifier	ECF_book_558
dc.creator	Newbold David
dc.creator	Paschke Peter
dc.title	Accents and Pronunciation. Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages
dc.type	Edited book
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	In recent years, endorsed by the updated (2018) version of the Common European Framework, intelligibility has replaced native-like pronunciation as a primary objective in foreign language teaching. But accent and pronunciation continue to be central issues for university students of languages. This volume presents the results of an investigation into the attitudes of some 370 first-year students at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the first such study in Italy, involving students of 13 languages, the principal ones being English, Spanish, French, German and Russian. The survey investigated the importance given to pronunciation in the foreign language, the motivation students have to improve it, and the possible conflict of identity which the acquisition of a ‘foreign’ pronunciation might incur. Students were invited to reflect on the quality and variability of their pronunciation in the two foreign languages they were studying, on their ability to assess it, on affective aspects linked to pronunciation, and on their awareness of phonetic features. They were also asked for their opinions about the pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and about Italian when spoken with a foreign accent. The contributions in this volume describe the linguistic background of respondents, present and analyse the attitudes which emerge, verify the role of some independent variables (gender, plurilingualism, motivation for enrolment, languages studied, level of proficiency), and (in the case of ELF) report the findings of a follow-up study of master’s level students. The result is an overall picture likely to be of interest to anyone working in the field of university language teaching and who wishes to have a better idea of what students think about foreign language pronunciation.
dc.relation.ispartof	SAIL
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-628-2
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-08-03
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-03-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-629-9/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9549
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9557
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-629-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-628-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Accent
dc.subject	Affective factors of L2 pronunciation
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	English as a Lingua Franca
dc.subject	English Lingua Franca
dc.subject	Foreign accent
dc.subject	Foreign accent
dc.subject	Foreign-accented speech
dc.subject	Foreign-accented speech
dc.subject	Foreign accent perception
dc.subject	Identity
dc.subject	Intelligibility
dc.subject	Italian university students
dc.subject	L2 acquisition
dc.subject	L2 Intelligibility
dc.subject	L2 pronunciation
dc.subject	L2 pronunciation
dc.subject	Language attitudes
dc.subject	Language Attitudes
dc.subject	Language backgrounds
dc.subject	Language learner identity
dc.subject	Language learner profiles
dc.subject	Learner motivation
dc.subject	MA
dc.subject	Motivation
dc.subject	Motivation
dc.subject	Native-like accent
dc.subject	Pronunciation
dc.subject	Second language acquisition
dc.subject	Second language acquisition
dc.subject	Self-assessment
dc.subject	Self-awareness
dc.subject	Self-evaluation
dc.subject	Self-perception
dc.subject	Self-perception and evaluation of L2 pronunciation
dc.subject	Undergraduate
dc.subject	University language learners
dc.subject	University languages learners

Edited book
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Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages

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David Newbold Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Peter Paschke Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

In recent years, endorsed by the updated (2018) version of the Common European Framework, intelligibility has replaced native-like pronunciation as a primary objective in foreign language teaching. But accent and pronunciation continue to be central issues for university students of languages. This volume presents the results of an investigation into the attitudes of some 370 first-year students at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the first such study in Italy, involving students of 13 languages, the principal ones being English, Spanish, French, German and Russian. The survey investigated the importance given to pronunciation in the foreign language, the motivation students have to improve it, and the possible conflict of identity which the acquisition of a ‘foreign’ pronunciation might incur. Students were invited to reflect on the quality and variability of their pronunciation in the two foreign languages they were studying, on their ability to assess it, on affective aspects linked to pronunciation, and on their awareness of phonetic features. They were also asked for their opinions about the pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and about Italian when spoken with a foreign accent. The contributions in this volume describe the linguistic background of respondents, present and analyse the attitudes which emerge, verify the role of some independent variables (gender, plurilingualism, motivation for enrolment, languages studied, level of proficiency), and (in the case of ELF) report the findings of a follow-up study of master’s level students. The result is an overall picture likely to be of interest to anyone working in the field of university language teaching and who wishes to have a better idea of what students think about foreign language pronunciation.

Published

Aug. 3, 2022

Accepted

May 3, 2022

Submitted

March 23, 2022

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-629-9

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-628-2

Keywords

Language Attitudes • Accent • Language backgrounds • Foreign-accented speech • English Lingua Franca • L2 acquisition • Pronunciation • Self-evaluation • L2 Intelligibility • University language learners • MA • Language learner identity • English as a Lingua Franca • Intelligibility • Self-assessment • Foreign accent • Attitudes • University languages learners • Self-perception • Identity • Undergraduate • Self-awareness • Self-perception and evaluation of L2 pronunciation • Language learner profiles • Learner motivation • L2 pronunciation • Language attitudes • Motivation • Foreign accent perception • Second language acquisition • Italian university students • Affective factors of L2 pronunciation • Native-like accent

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