{"title":"Nonnative accent and the perceived grammaticality of spoken grammar forms","authors":"June Ruivivar, Laura Collins","doi":"10.1075/JSLP.17039.RUI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLP.17039.RUI","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Scholars advocate for more classroom attention to be paid to spoken grammar which deviates from commonly taught rules of writing.\u0000 However, these recommendations have not considered potential barriers that learners may encounter when using spoken grammar with\u0000 L1 speakers. We investigate one such challenge: the effect of learners’ accents and degree of accentedness on how their use of\u0000 these forms is subjectively perceived by L1 speakers. Ten non-expert raters rated the grammatical acceptability of four frequent\u0000 spoken grammar forms, read out by 15 speakers (10 L1 Tagalog, 5 L1 English) rated as having heavy, moderate, or no accents. A\u0000 one-way ANOVA revealed a significant effect of accent on grammaticality scores. Post-hoc tests showed a strong correlation between\u0000 accent and perceived grammaticality, with more accented speakers scoring significantly lower on grammaticality. The discussion\u0000 considers implications for spoken grammar teaching, and future research on the relationship between accent and perceived\u0000 grammaticality.","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44483325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligibility of an L2 variety in ELF interactions","authors":"Ishamina Athirah Gardiner","doi":"10.1075/JSLP.17049.GAR","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLP.17049.GAR","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper investigates the occurrence of misunderstandings in ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) interactions\u0000 caused by vowel pronunciation in Brunei English. The study is based on ten audio recordings, each consisting of conversations\u0000 between two participants: a Bruneian (L2 speaker) and a non-Bruneian speaker. Out of a total of 152 tokens (occurrences) of\u0000 misunderstandings identified, 36 of them (23.7%) are found to involve vowel pronunciation. Data analysis includes examining vowel\u0000 length, the vowels of face, goat, price, mouth, monosyllabic triphthongs, trap, vowel reduction, spelling\u0000 pronunciation and American pronunciation in causing misunderstandings. The findings indicate that misunderstandings may be caused\u0000 by a change in vowel length and quality in 28 tokens. The study concludes that vowel pronunciation in Brunei English\u0000 conversational speech, particularly in the lack of vowel length distinction and absence of diphthongs in closed syllables may\u0000 occasionally lead to a loss of intelligibility in ELF settings.","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46790082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pronunciation research in recent dissertations","authors":"John M. Levis","doi":"10.1075/jslp.19008.edi","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.19008.edi","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This editorial looks at L2 pronunciation dissertations from 2017 and 2018 to see what topics were of interest in\u0000 research, to examine trends, and to suggest ideas for the future. The largest group of dissertations reflect interest in\u0000 instruction and instructional interventions. These interventions look at a wide variety of features, types of instruction (e.g.,\u0000 implicit vs. explicit), different L1-L2 combinations, and the importance of materials in teacher training. The next most common\u0000 topic was perception, followed by prosody (including stress, intonation, tone and fluency) and acquisition. English and Spanish\u0000 were the most frequently studied L2s, indicating a need for L2 pronunciation in less commonly researched languages.","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46022475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"British Broadcasting Corporation (2019). Learning English: Pronunciation","authors":"G. Smith","doi":"10.1075/JSLP.00013.SMI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLP.00013.SMI","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49384025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Korean L2 learners’ perception and production of Vietnamese tones","authors":"Đích Mục Đào, Anh-Thu Nguyen","doi":"10.1075/JSLP.17011.DAO","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLP.17011.DAO","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study investigated the production and perception of Vietnamese tones by Korean second language (L2) learners\u0000 [n = 11], comparing their performance in an Imitation task to that in Identification and Read-Aloud tasks.\u0000 The results showed that the Imitation task was generally easier for Korean speakers than the Identification and Read-Aloud tasks,\u0000 suggesting that imitation was performed without some of the skills required by the other two tasks. The result on tonal F0 range\u0000 and speakers’ tonal range showed that the Korean leaners have significantly narrower tonal F0 range than control Vietnamese\u0000 speakers [n = 11]. The results of error pattern analysis and tonal transcription in this study also suggested the\u0000 effects of phonetic realizations of lexical tones in Vietnamese that are in interaction with language transfer from Korean\u0000 phonology.","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42434700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the effects of instruction on L2 French learner pronunciation, accentedness, comprehensibility, and\u0000 fluency","authors":"Solène Inceoglu","doi":"10.1075/JSLP.18004.INC","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLP.18004.INC","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study investigates the effects of a 16-week course on the development of second language French pronunciation. The course\u0000 targeted segmental and suprasegmental features and fluency development, and was administered entirely online. Pre- and post-test\u0000 tasks (i.e., picture narration, reading-aloud, and conversation simulation) were used to analyze learners’ pronunciation\u0000 development in terms of segmental errors, connected speech (use of liaisons and enchaînements), and fluency\u0000 (including pauses and mean length of run). Participants’ accentedness, comprehensibility, and fluency were also judged by five\u0000 native listeners. Findings revealed a significant decrease in segmental errors and unfilled pause frequency in all the tasks, and\u0000 improvement in fluency in the reading and conversation tasks. Results also showed a positive trend but no significant improvement\u0000 in the use of liaisons and enchaînements. There was, however, no significant improvement in the measures of\u0000 listeners’ ratings. The results are discussed in light of previous research on pronunciation instruction.","PeriodicalId":91766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of second language pronunciation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43801382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}