http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24366 2026-04-05T22:31:08Z 2026-04-05T22:31:08Z Gralińska-Brawata, Anna Rybińska, Paulina http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24377 2019-03-19T12:53:56Z 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

The relationship between the production of word stress and musical abilities in Polish learners of English Gralińska-Brawata, Anna; Rybińska, Paulina The pilot study presented in this paper is exploratory in nature and aims first to investigate if there exists a relationship between the production of word stress and learners’ musical abilities, and then, to explore the effects of this relationship on teachability of word stress to Polish advanced students of English. The results of the analysis on the auditory recordings were compared with the information provided by the informants in a questionnaire and a performance music test. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results show that the students tend to overgeneralise word stress rules in English rather than transfer the penultimate syllable rule from Polish. In addition, there seems to be a relationship between word stress production and musical ability for the majority of the participants.

2017-10-11T00:00:00Z Hanzlíková, Dagmar Skarnitzl, Radek http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24378 2019-03-19T12:58:35Z 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

Credibility of native and non-native speakers of English revisited: Do non-native listeners feel the same? Hanzlíková, Dagmar; Skarnitzl, Radek This study reports on research stimulated by Lev-Ari and Keysar (2010) who showed that native listeners find statements delivered by foreign-accented speakers to be less true than those read by native speakers. Our objective was to replicate the study with non-native listeners to see whether this effect is also relevant in international communication contexts. The same set of statements from the original study was recorded by 6 native and 6 nonnative speakers of English. 121 non-native listeners rated the truthfulness of the statements on a 7-point scale. The results of our study tentatively do confirm a negative bias against non-native speakers as perceived by non-native listeners, showing that subconscious attitudes to language varieties are also relevant in communication among non-native speakers.

2017-10-11T00:00:00Z Krzysik, Iga Lewandowska, Halina http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24379 2019-03-19T13:00:50Z 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

English pronunciation training through the eyes of university graduates Krzysik, Iga; Lewandowska, Halina The aim of the current study is to examine the program of pronunciation training and its implementation from a new perspective, which is that of MA graduates. The data were obtained from 65 graduates of the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań by means of an online survey. The research questions posed in the study explore the matter of taught models and varieties of English, materials, teaching, and opinions regarding the accent the participants received. By providing a new perspective on the teaching and learning of pronunciation the study might help university teachers to enhance the pronunciation courses in their institutions.

2017-10-11T00:00:00Z Algethami, Ghazi http://hdl.handle.net/11089/24375 2019-03-19T13:05:04Z 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

The effects of explicit pronunciation instruction on the degree of perceived foreign accent in the speech of EFL learners Algethami, Ghazi This paper reports on a study that attempted to examine the effect of explicit pronunciation instruction of some English segments (individual sounds) on the degree of perceived foreign accent in EFL Arab learners’ speech. Nine Arab learners of English in an EFL (English as a foreign language) setting were assigned to two groups, experimental and control. Five utterances loaded with the taught segments were collected from both groups before and after instruction. While the experimental group received instruction on these segments, the control group did not. 13 native English listeners were recruited to rate all the elicited sentences for the degree of perceived foreign accent. The results did not show any effect of explicit pronunciation instruction on the degree of perceived foreign accent, as there were no differences between the ratings before and after the instruction.

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