The Improvement of Intelligibility in the Oral Production of Standard English: A Study about the Production of Vowel Quality in Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Autor/inn/en	Mallén, Ana María Muñoz; Vázquez, Víctor Pavón
Titel	The Improvement of Intelligibility in the Oral Production of Standard English: A Study about the Production of Vowel Quality in Stressed and Unstressed Syllables
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 12 (2019) 4, S.115-126 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Pronunciation; Oral Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Pronunciation Instruction; Syllables; Vowels; Teaching Methods; Psycholinguistics; Foreign Countries; Phonology; Standard Spoken Usage; Language Tests; Factor Analysis; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausspracheübung; Silbe; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Psycholinguistik; Ausland; Fonologie; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Faktorenanalyse; Spanien
Abstract	Pronunciation is an essential aspect in the teaching of the English language, especially those aspects of pronunciation such as stress and vowel quality as they are crucial elements to ensure intelligibility in communication. The general objective of this study is to investigate whether the theoretical-practical instruction on pronunciation has a crucial impact on the vowel quality production of stressed and unstressed syllable in isolated words and in wider contexts, and therefore, in the improvement of intelligibility and of the oral production in general terms, in two groups of Spanish students of English (the control and the experimental group). More particularly, the study addresses the impact of formal instruction in pronunciation based on deduction in terms of rule formation from a cognitive perspective. The results indicate that the specific work implemented with the production of vowel quality in stressed and unstressed syllables have a significant impact on intelligibility. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01