REEXAMINING FOREIGN ACCENT: HOW MUCH CAN PERSONALITY EXPLAIN?

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Autor principal: Germán Zárate-Sández
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Publicado: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2017
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contents REEXAMINING FOREIGN ACCENT: HOW MUCH CAN PERSONALITY EXPLAIN? Germán Zárate-Sández Lengua y Literatura Neuroticism Personality Extraversion Pronunciation Foreign accent Previous studies have shown that learners’ individual diferences (e.g., motivation, age) can impact second language learners’ pronunciation. his study focused on one individual diference that has received relatively little attention—namely, personality. It sought to determine to what extent subcomponents of personality (as deined in the Big-Five model of personality) account for learners’ foreign accent during quasispontaneous and unplanned speech. Fity-one English-speaking learners of Spanish performed a speaking task that was scored for degree of accentedness. Results revealed that personality explained a considerable portion of the variance, and that extraversion and neuroticism were signiicant predictors of foreign accent. he discussion addresses the interplay between personality and foreign accent and examines implications for the acquisition of pronunciation in the classroom. 2017 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.70
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spellingShingle REEXAMINING FOREIGN ACCENT: HOW MUCH CAN PERSONALITY EXPLAIN?
Germán Zárate-Sández
Lengua y Literatura
Neuroticism
Personality
Extraversion
Pronunciation
Foreign accent
REEXAMINING FOREIGN ACCENT: HOW MUCH CAN PERSONALITY EXPLAIN? Germán Zárate-Sández Lengua y Literatura Neuroticism Personality Extraversion Pronunciation Foreign accent Previous studies have shown that learners’ individual diferences (e.g., motivation, age) can impact second language learners’ pronunciation. his study focused on one individual diference that has received relatively little attention—namely, personality. It sought to determine to what extent subcomponents of personality (as deined in the Big-Five model of personality) account for learners’ foreign accent during quasispontaneous and unplanned speech. Fity-one English-speaking learners of Spanish performed a speaking task that was scored for degree of accentedness. Results revealed that personality explained a considerable portion of the variance, and that extraversion and neuroticism were signiicant predictors of foreign accent. he discussion addresses the interplay between personality and foreign accent and examines implications for the acquisition of pronunciation in the classroom. 2017 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.70
title REEXAMINING FOREIGN ACCENT: HOW MUCH CAN PERSONALITY EXPLAIN?
topic Lengua y Literatura
Neuroticism
Personality
Extraversion
Pronunciation
Foreign accent
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306006