Accents and Pronunciation

Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages

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David Newbold - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
Peter Paschke - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email

Abstract

How important is it for language learners to have a ‘good accent’ in the foreign language? Do they want to sound like native speakers, or is intelligibility their main aim? How do they perceive their L2 accents, and what kind of sensations do these procure? These are some of the questions addressed in this volume which reports on a large-scale and wide-ranging survey of the attitudes of Italian university students of foreign languages. It investigates their motivations, self-perceptions, and opinions towards L2 pronunciation, taking into account the influence of gender, plurilingualism, target language and proficiency level, and is likely to be of interest to anyone involved in language teaching at university level.

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

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Introduction
David Newbold, Peter Paschke
03 Agosto 2022

Learner Profiles and Attitudes Towards Accent in the Foreign Language
The Role of Language Backgrounds
Marie-Christine Jamet
03 Agosto 2022

Students’ Attitudes Towards Foreign Accents: General Motivation, the Attainability of Native-Like Pronunciation, and Identity Issues
Pavel Duryagin, Elena Dal Maso
03 Agosto 2022

Perceptual, Affective and Cognitive Factors of L2 Pronunciation and Foreign Accent
A Survey with Italian University Students Majoring in Languages
Ignacio Arroyo Hernández, Peter Paschke
03 Agosto 2022

ELF ‘Awareness’: Student Attitudes Towards Accents in a Context of English as an International Language
David Newbold
03 Agosto 2022

Appendix
Complete Questionnaire in Its Original Italian Version
03 Agosto 2022

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dc.creator	Paschke Peter
dc.title	Accents and Pronunciation. Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages
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dc.description.abstract	How important is it for language learners to have a ‘good accent’ in the foreign language? Do they want to sound like native speakers, or is intelligibility their main aim? How do they perceive their L2 accents, and what kind of sensations do these procure? These are some of the questions addressed in this volume which reports on a large-scale and wide-ranging survey of the attitudes of Italian university students of foreign languages. It investigates their motivations, self-perceptions, and opinions towards L2 pronunciation, taking into account the influence of gender, plurilingualism, target language and proficiency level, and is likely to be of interest to anyone involved in language teaching at university level.
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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
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dc.subject	Accent
dc.subject	Affective factors of L2 pronunciation
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	English Lingua Franca
dc.subject	English as a Lingua Franca
dc.subject	Foreign accent
dc.subject	Foreign accent
dc.subject	Foreign accent perception
dc.subject	Foreign-accented speech
dc.subject	Foreign-accented speech
dc.subject	Identity
dc.subject	Intelligibility
dc.subject	Italian university students
dc.subject	L2 Intelligibility
dc.subject	L2 acquisition
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
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