Effects of prosody awareness training on the intelligibility of Iranian interpreter trainees in English

IF 0.6 Q3 LINGUISTICS

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-12-31 DOI:10.1075/dujal.17023.yen

Mahmood Yenkimaleki, V. J. Heuven

引用次数: 10

Abstract

The present study investigates the effect of prosodic feature awareness training on the intelligibility of speech produced by Iranian interpreter trainees. Two groups of student interpreters were formed. All were native speakers of Farsi who studied English translation and interpreting at the BA level. Participants took a pretest of speaking skills before starting the program so that their speech intelligibility level was rated. The control group listened to authentic audio tracks in English and discussed their contents, watched authentic English movies, discussed issues in the movies in pairs in the classroom. The experimental group spent part of the time on theoretical explanation of, and practical exercises with, English prosody. Students then took a posttest in speaking skills so that the effect of treatment on the intelligibility of their speech could be assessed. The results show that the prosody awareness training significantly improved the students’ speech intelligibility.

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韵律意识训练对伊朗译员英语可懂度的影响

本研究调查了韵律特征意识训练对伊朗口译员学员语音清晰度的影响。成立了两组学生口译员。所有人都是以波斯语为母语，在文学学士学位水平上学习英语翻译和口译。参与者在开始该项目之前进行了口语技能的预测试，以便对他们的语音清晰度水平进行评分。对照组在课堂上两人一组听地道的英语音轨并讨论其内容，观看地道的英语电影，讨论电影中的问题。实验组花了一部分时间对英语韵律进行理论解释和实践练习。然后，学生们进行了口语技能的后测，以便评估治疗对他们语言清晰度的影响。结果表明，韵律意识训练显著提高了学生的语音清晰度。

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Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： The Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics (DuJAL) focuses on promoting Dutch and Belgian work in applied linguistics among an international audience, but also welcomes contributions from other countries. It caters for both the academic society in the field and for language and communication experts working in other contexts, such as institutions involved in language policy, teacher training, curriculum development, assessment, and educational and communication consultancy. DuJAL is the digital continuation of Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen, which had been the journal of Anéla, the Dutch Association of Applied Linguistics, for forty years. Like its predecessor, DuJAL wants to offer a platform to young researchers in applied linguistics, i.e. PhD candidates and MA students. In order to maintain a high standard all submissions are subjected to a ‘double blind’ review by at least one external reviewer and two of the editors. Contributions may be written in Dutch, English, German or French.