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