Learners' Ethnic Group Affiliation and L2 Pronunciation Accuracy: A Sociolinguistic Investigation

By Elizabeth Gatbonton, P. Trofimovich, Michael A. Magid. 2005

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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Why is Pronunciation So Difficult to Learn (2011, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003). The review by Marinova- Todd ”
Do Language Attitudes Determine Accent? A Study of Bilinguals in the USA (2007, background): “On another level, existing tensions between language identities, group affiliations and perceptions of accent could also have a profound influence on one’s motivation to change an established accent (see Gatbonton et al., 2005; Piller, 2002).”
Sociolinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Research—1997–2007 (2007, background): “For example, Gatbonton, Trofimovich, and Magid (2005) showed that the accuracy of English L2 pronunciation by Chinese and Francophone learners in Canada was directly related to their own perceived ethnic group affiliation, and, furthermore, that the learners treated one another’s level of pronunci”
A Study on the Situation of Pronunciation Instruction in ESL/EFL Classrooms (2011, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003).”
A Study of Factors Affecting EFL Learners' English Pronunciation Learning and the Strategies for Instruction (2012, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003; Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005).”