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Using foreign-language accent imitation to explore production and perception

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Our talk explores foreign-language (FL) accent imitation as a pronunciation teaching technique. The underlying assumption is that by imitating a foreign speaker of their native language, learners will transfer into the FL phonetic features which they perceive as salient. Extending previous research by Rojczyk (2015), our mixed-methods study compares acoustic measurements, rater assessments and learners’ self-evaluations, to address three research questions: 1.Can learners modify their English pronunciation, if they first imitate an “anglo” accent of French? 2.Do learners’ views of their pronunciation match acoustic data and rater evaluations? 3.Do learners change attitude when asked to compare their views with external assessments? The native French-speaking learners were attending a university class in English for Specific Purposes, where pronunciation was integrated via minimal work on articulatory setting (Honikman, 1964; Ashton & Shepherd, 2012; Messum & Young, 2017). The study’s objective is two-fold. First, information about which features learners find salient contributes to research into hierarchies of pronunciation features and stages of acquisition. Second, learners successfully modified their pronunciation and maintained those modifications over a period extending beyond formal classes; such evidence will help teachers to weigh the merits of foreign-language accent imitation and decide whether this “low-tech” technique could work for them. References •Ashton, H. & Shepherd, S. (2012). Work on your accent. HarperCollins. •Honikman, B. (1964). Articulatory settings. In D. Abercrombie, (Ed.). In honour of Daniel Jones (pp. 73-84). Longman. •Messum, P. & Young, R. (2017). Bringing the English articulatory setting into the classroom: (1) the tongue. IATEFL PronSIG Journal, Issue 57, pp. 29-39. •Rojczyk, A. (2015). Using FL Accent Imitation in L1 in Foreign-Language Speech Research. In E. Waniek-Klimczak & M. Pawlak (Eds.), Teaching and researching the pronunciation of English (pp. 223–233). Springer International Publishing.
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Alice Henderson, Arkadiusz Rojczyk. Using foreign-language accent imitation to explore production and perception. 12th International Conference PSLLT (Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching), Brock University, Jun 2022, Saint Catharine's, Ontario, Canada. ⟨hal-03929145⟩

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