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Volume 23 | Miscellanea | Accents and Pronunciation
Accents and Pronunciation
Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages
open access | peer reviewed-
a cura di
- David Newbold - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Peter Paschke - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
Presentazione
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 Language learner identity Self-awareness Affective factors of L2 pronunciation Second language acquisition Self-perception Intelligibility Self-evaluation MA Pronunciation Self-perception and evaluation of L2 pronunciation Learner motivation Language backgrounds Italian university students Accent Native-like accent Self-assessment University languages learners L2 pronunciation Attitudes English as a Lingua Franca L2 acquisition Motivation English Lingua Franca Foreign accent L2 Intelligibility Language Attitudes Language attitudes Language learner profiles Identity Foreign accent perception Undergraduate University language learners Foreign-accented speech
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-628-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-629-9 | e-ISSN 978-88-6969-628-2 | Pubblicato 03 Agosto 2022 | Accettato 03 Maggio 2022 | Presentato 23 Marzo 2022 | Lingua en
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