Examining L2 vowel contrast desensitization in the EFL Classroom: A study on native Spanish/Catalan speaker perception and production of English tense-lax vowel pairs

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: Examining L2 vowel contrast desensitization in the EFL Classroom: A study on native Spanish/Catalan speaker perception and production of English tense-lax vowel pairs

Abstract: The thesis aims to test the effectiveness of three pronunciation instructions: length-based, quality-based, and an implicit approach. Bohn’s hypothesis predicts that L2 learners will resort to vowel length as the main contrastive feature for those members of vowel pairs like /i/-/ɪ/ that learners lack in their phonological vowel inventory or for which they only have one vowel category. The experiment will include a forced-choice identification test with stimuli that has been manipulated in duration and spectra. It will also gather production data from participants.

Subject: Pronunciació

Academic year: 2023-2024

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2024-06-17

Subject areas: Philology

Student: Salcedo Silva, Adrián

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Creation date in repository: 2024-07-04

TFM credits: 11

Keywords: hipótesis de desensibilización, ponderación de la duración, adquisición fonológica

Title in original language: Examining L2 vowel contrast desensitization in the EFL Classroom: A study on native Spanish/Catalan speaker perception and production of English tense-lax vowel pairs

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

Project director: Romero, Joaquín