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Volume 23 | Miscellanea | Accents and Pronunciation

Accents and Pronunciation

Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages
open access | peer reviewed
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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 University languages learnersLearner motivationL2 IntelligibilityNative-like accentForeign accent perceptionMAUndergraduateSecond language acquisitionL2 acquisitionEnglish Lingua FrancaMotivationAttitudesIdentityForeign-accented speechLanguage AttitudesIntelligibilityAccentLanguage backgroundsUniversity language learnersLanguage attitudesSelf-perceptionItalian university studentsPronunciationL2 pronunciationLanguage learner identityAffective factors of L2 pronunciationEnglish as a Lingua FrancaForeign accentSelf-assessmentSelf-perception and evaluation of L2 pronunciationSelf-evaluationSelf-awarenessLanguage learner profiles

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-628-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-628-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-629-9 | Pubblicato 03 Agosto 2022 | Accettato 03 Maggio 2022 | Presentato 23 Marzo 2022 | Lingua en

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