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