Detail Phonetic Imitation of L2 Vowels in a Rapid Shadowing Task   Oleh:  Rojczyk, Arkadiusz Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 4th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver Campus) Vancouver, British Columbia August 24-25, 2012, page 66-76. Topik: Phonetic Imitation; Shadowing Task Fulltext: Royczyk PSLLT 2012.pdf (488.91KB) Isi artikel The current study investigates the production of L2 vowels in rapid shadowing task. A number of studies have demonstrated that talkers converge with the model on a variety of acoustic properties as a result of imitative tendencies in humans. Such tendencies should be also observed in second-language speech in which acquisition of new sound categories results from efficient imitation of nonnative articulatory patterns. Twenty-two Polish learners of English produced tokens of the English low front vowel /æ/ in word-list reading and immediate imitation of the model. This vowel is reported to be difficult to acquire for Polish learners because it can be accommodated by two Polish neighbouring vowels /e/ and /a/. The magnitude of convergence with the model productions of /æ/ was expressed in Euclidean distance values. The results reveal that participants significantly modified their productions as a result of exposure to the model and that they diverged from their articulatory habits shaped by the influence of L1 vowel categories Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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