A Study on the Production and Discrimination of Alveolar Stops in EFL students

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Ensenyament i Adquisició de l'Anglès com a Llengua Estrangera - Segona Llengua

Title in different languages: A Study on the Production and Discrimination of Alveolar Stops in EFL students

Abstract: Pronunciation in teaching foreign languages tends to be disregarded in classrooms. The aim of this paper is to analyze which of the two methods implemented in the treatment (implicit or explicit) is more efficient to teach pronunciation to young students whose L1 is Catalan or Spanish. The subject matter is the flapping sound in EFL students, an allophonic variation of alveolar stops. The participants were split into two groups to complete a reading, where their ability to identify and produce the flapping sound would be analyzed. The same text was given to them after the instruction to study which of the two approaches helped improvement of the aspect studied. The results obtained revealed that none of the two methodologies was more effective than the other, but they both helped students in a different aspect. Explicit methodology helped students identify the flapping, and implicit methodology helped them accurately produce the sound. Thus, pronunciation should not be neglected in ETL classrooms as it is useful for students to enhance their language mastery.

Subject: Educació

Academic year: 2021-2022

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2022-06-29

Subject areas: Education sciences

Student: Salhi Bouyakhrichan, Souhaila

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Creation date in repository: 2023-10-11

TFM credits: 11

Keywords: Allophonic variations, explicit approach, implicit approach

Title in original language: A Study on the Production and Discrimination of Alveolar Stops in EFL students

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Romero Gallego, Joaquín