Dynamic paths of intelligibility and comprehensibility: Implications for pronunciation teaching from a longitudinal study with Haitian learners of Brazilian Portuguese

Albuquerque, Jeniffer Imaregna Alcantara de; Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel

doi:10.1515/9783110736120-005

Second Language Pronunciation 2022

DOI: 10.1515/9783110736120-005

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Dynamic paths of intelligibility and comprehensibility: Implications for pronunciation teaching from a longitudinal study with Haitian learners of Brazilian Portuguese

Jeniffer Imaregna Alcantara de Albuquerque¹,

Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves²

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Perception of English semivowels by Japanese-speaking learners of English

Zhou,

Nakayama,

Fujimori

2024

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

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This study compared the perception of English semivowels /j/ and /w/ and their corresponding vowels /i/ and /u/ by two groups of Japanese-speaking learners of English: foreign language (FL) learners in Japan and second language learners who were initially FL learners (FL-L2). The phonological targets were /i/ and /u/ with and without preceding /j/ and /w/, respectively (/ji/-/i/ and /wu/-/u/). Discrimination and identification results showed that both groups performed comparably for /i/ with and without /j/, indicating their reliance on native phonological sensitivity to /i/ and /j/, which closely resemble Japanese /i/ and /j/. However, important differences emerged for /u/ with and without /w/, possibly due to articulatory differences in lip rounding for /u/ and /w/ between the two languages. Notably, while FL-L2 learners were equally competent in both the /u/-/wu/ and the /i/-/ji/ discriminations, FL learners were much less capable of the /u/-/wu/ discrimination than of the /i/-/ji/ discrimination. Moreover, FL-L2 learners were better at identifying /u/ than their FL peers, suggesting that L2 exposure may have facilitated their acquisition of the articulatory details associated with /u/. Overall, the study showed that engaging in L2 immersion following FL learning is beneficial for non-native phonological development among adult learners.

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Perception of English semivowels by Japanese-speaking learners of English

Zhou,

Nakayama,

Fujimori

2024

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

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