Pronunciation proficiency and musical aptitude in Spanish as a foreign language: results of an experimental research project

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Revista de Linguistica y Lenguas Aplicadas Pub Date : 2015-07-02 DOI:10.4995/RLYLA.2015.3372

Lieve Vangehuchten, V. Verhoeven, P. Thys

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Abstract

This paper examines the correlation between musical aptitude and pronunciation proficiency in an experiment with 29 university students of Spanish as a foreign language. The 29 participants took a test in Spanish pronunciation and prosody as well as in musicality. The pronunciation and prosody test consisted of two parts. The first part was a receptive phonemic discrimination test and the second part was a productive test in which they had to repeat words and sentences chosen for their prosodic characteristics. The musical aptitude test also consisted of a receptive part on musicality in general, as well as a productive part, which included the reproduction of tones, tone intervals, rhythms and the singing of a melody. The statistical analysis with Pearson’s correlation-coefficients revealed a positive correlation (although not for all aspects) between the musical and foreign language pronunciation proficiency aptitudes. The results are commented on in the discussion. Relevant teaching implications are included in the conclusion.

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本文以29名学习西班牙语的大学生为研究对象，研究了音乐天赋与发音能力之间的关系。29名参与者参加了西班牙语发音、韵律和音乐性的测试。发音和韵律测试包括两个部分。第一部分是接受性音位辨别测试，第二部分是生产性测试，他们必须重复根据韵律特征选择的单词和句子。音乐能力测试还包括一般的音乐性接受部分，以及生产部分，其中包括再现音调，音调间隔，节奏和旋律的演唱。Pearson相关系数的统计分析揭示了音乐和外语发音能力之间的正相关(尽管不是所有方面)。在讨论中对结果进行了评论。结论部分包含了相关的教学启示。

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30 weeks

期刊介绍： The Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas aims to contribute to thedissemination of scholarly research in the field of language study, especially thatof specialised languages. Whether from a theoretical or a practical perspective,contributions discussing any of the following areas are of particular interest: Discourse Analysis Language Teaching Terminology and Translation Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Its a peer-review yearly journal of linguistic studies, designed to target an international readership and to contribute to the promotion of knowledge regarding applied linguistics.