Impact of L2 Learners' Background Factors on the Perception of L1 Spanish Speech

Autor/inn/en	Wheeler, Holly; Kang, Okim
Titel	Impact of L2 Learners' Background Factors on the Perception of L1 Spanish Speech
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 55 (2022) 1, S.155-174 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wheeler, Holly) ORCID (Kang, Okim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12588
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Study Abroad; Pronunciation; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Ethnicity; Native Speakers; Heritage Education; Student Characteristics; Listening Comprehension; Auditory Perception; Speech Communication; Language Processing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Aussprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ethnizität; Muttersprachler; Hörverständnis; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Sprachverarbeitung
Abstract	Listener background variables have been recognized as potential contributors to language evaluation bias. This continuum of trait-irrelevant factors creates implications from the L2 classroom to integration in the target language community. This study examined how L2 Spanish learners' listener background factors including ethnicity, heritage speaker status, and study abroad experience predicted their perceptual ratings of native Spanish accented speech on comprehensibility, accentedness, acceptability, and open-mindedness. Results showed mixed findings regarding the impact of L2 listener background factors and study abroad experiences on L1 speech perception ratings with little variance explained overall despite significant differences between speech constructs, suggesting that there may be other effects that impact how L2 learners perceive L1 speech. Results support previous findings that learner L2 level and ability seem to influence how target language speech is perceived. Findings provide implications for the fields of study abroad and immersion learning and teaching. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01