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Spanish accented English: Pronunciation accuracy and factors affecting L2 acquisition
Title
Spanish accented English: Pronunciation accuracy and factors affecting L2 acquisition.
Creator
Donadio, Antonella., Florida Atlantic University, Trammell, Robert L.
Abstract/Description
This study examines the English pronunciation of 20 native speakers of Spanish of the Americas who have been living in the United States for a period ranging from 1 to 37 years. The 20 participants were divided into three groups according to their age of arrival and length of residence in the United States. The subjects recorded 22 sentences which contained notorious interference features such as the lax vowels /I, U, ∧, ae/, the distinctions between /c-s/, /s-z/, /theta-t/ and between /b d g...
Show moreThis study examines the English pronunciation of 20 native speakers of Spanish of the Americas who have been living in the United States for a period ranging from 1 to 37 years. The 20 participants were divided into three groups according to their age of arrival and length of residence in the United States. The subjects recorded 22 sentences which contained notorious interference features such as the lax vowels /I, U, ∧, ae/, the distinctions between /c-s/, /s-z/, /theta-t/ and between /b d g/ versus Spanish [beta th gamma]. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors of age of learning, length of residence, amount of L2 use, amount of English instruction, and gender and their significance for the pronunciation accuracy in English.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12931
Subject Headings
English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers, Second language acquisition
Format
Document (PDF)
PRONUNCIATION ERRORS BY AMERICAN STUDENTS OF GERMAN
Title
PRONUNCIATION ERRORS BY AMERICAN STUDENTS OF GERMAN.
Creator
MEYER-BURGHAGEN, BEATRIX MOORE, Florida Atlantic University, Merrill, Peter C.
Abstract/Description
This study was undertaken to compare the frequency of occurence of pronunciation errors due to interference from the structure of English with that of pronunciation errors confined to the language system of German. The analysis concerns itself exclusively with errors on the functional level of language. It describes in detail the errors within the language system of German as observed in the speech of fifteen American college level students of German. Tables demonstrate the ratio of frequency...
Show moreThis study was undertaken to compare the frequency of occurence of pronunciation errors due to interference from the structure of English with that of pronunciation errors confined to the language system of German. The analysis concerns itself exclusively with errors on the functional level of language. It describes in detail the errors within the language system of German as observed in the speech of fifteen American college level students of German. Tables demonstrate the ratio of frequency between the different groups of errors. The conclusion suggests the use of error-based analyses as a supplement to contrastive analysis.
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Date Issued
1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13629
Subject Headings
German language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers, German language--Study and teaching--English speakers
Format
Document (PDF)