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