Accents and Pronunciation Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages: Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages

Resumo

In recent years, endorsed by the updated (2018) version of the Common European Framework, intelligibility has replaced native-like pronunciation as a primary objective in foreign language teaching. But accent and pronunciation continue to be central issues for university students of languages. This volume presents the results of an investigation into the attitudes of some 370 first-year students at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the first such study in Italy, involving students of 13 languages, the principal ones being English, Spanish, French, German and Russian. The survey investigated the importance given to pronunciation in the foreign language, the motivation students have to improve it, and the possible conflict of identity which the acquisition of a ‘foreign’ pronunciation might incur. Students were invited to reflect on the quality and variability of their pronunciation in the two foreign languages they were studying, on their ability to assess it, on affective aspects linked to pronunciation, and on their awareness of phonetic features. They were also asked for their opinions about the pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and about Italian when spoken with a foreign accent. The contributions in this volume describe the linguistic background of respondents, present and analyse the attitudes which emerge, verify the role of some independent variables (gender, plurilingualism, motivation for enrolment, languages studied, level of proficiency), and (in th

Tipo

Livro

Área

Educação

Ano

2022

Idioma

Inglês

Licença

CC BY

DOI

10.30687/978-88-6969-628-2

Como citar (ABNT)

NEWBOLD, David; PASCHKE, Peter. Accents and Pronunciation Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages: Attitudes of Italian University Students of Languages. [S. l.]: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2022. DOI: 10.30687/978-88-6969-628-2.