Personality as a Correlate of Accentedness: The Case of Formal Setting Without Pronunciation-Focused Instruction
Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz
Abstract:The main goal of the study reported in this paper was to verify whether the Big Five personality traits can be considered correlates of accentedness in a setting deprived of pronunciation-focused instruction. Each trait was measured among 58 English majors in Poland, who were just beginning their education at the university, by the means of the Polish version of Goldberg’s measure, i.e. IPIP-BFM-50. The levels of the traits were correlated with the participants’ degree of accentedness assessed by 2 judges on a… Show more
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