An Exploration of the Potential Benefit of Extensive Listening along with Orthography for Improving EFL Learners' Pronunciation

Autor/inn/en	Almalki, Nada; Algethami, Ghazi
Titel	An Exploration of the Potential Benefit of Extensive Listening along with Orthography for Improving EFL Learners' Pronunciation
Quelle	In: Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 7 (2022), Artikel 3 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Algethami, Ghazi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2363-5169
DOI	10.1186/s40862-022-00132-x
Schlagwörter	Listening Skills; Orthographic Symbols; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Pronunciation; Pronunciation Instruction; Foreign Countries; Dialects; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Aussprache; Ausspracheübung; Ausland; Dialect; Dialekt; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Explicit pronunciation instruction has been shown to be effective in improving language learners' pronunciation, yet it is not clear whether the same can be said about implicit pronunciation instruction. In addition, the role of orthography in improving language learners' pronunciation is yet to be fully understood. Thus, this research examined the contribution of extensive listening combined with orthography to the improvement of language learners' pronunciation. Ninety Saudi learners of English were randomly allocated to three groups and offered different types of instructions: (1) extensive listening only; (2) extensive listening with orthography; and (3) a control group. Similar utterances were collected from the three groups before and after the instructions. The utterances were then presented randomly to a group of native English listeners for global foreign accent rating. Small, though non-significant, improvement was observed for both experimental groups. This may be attributed to the relatively short duration of exposing the learners to the aural input. Semi-structed interviews, with a sample of the learners from the experimental groups, showed that they had positive opinions regarding extensive listening with orthography for the improvement of their pronunciation. Further research may use longer period to examine whether extensive listening along with orthography can result in significant improvement of language learners' pronunciation. (As Provided).
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