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Kruk, Mariusz; Pawlak, Miroslaw – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
The paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study which was conducted with a view to determining the effect of an intervention in the form of the application of teacher-designed Internet-based resources (i.e., websites, podcasts, movie clips) that students could use autonomously on the development of pronunciation of the English regular…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Bryla-Cruz, Agnieszka – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
The aim of the paper is to present the findings of an empirical study which contributes to the ongoing research into gender effects on second language acquisition by exploring a biological influence on L2 pronunciation learning. One of the most frequent arguments used to vindicate single-sex education is that there are substantial sensory and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Phonetics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Lodzikowski, Kacper – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
This is the first paper that provides correlational evidence about how interacting with an online allophonic transcription tool helps learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to improve their phonological awareness. The study investigates 55 advanced ESL learners at a Polish university enrolled in a course in English phonetics and phonology.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Scores, Second Language Learning
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Nimz, Katharina; Khattab, Ghada – Second Language Research, 2020
This study investigates the role of orthography in German vowel production by Polish native speakers (L1) with German as a second language (L2). Eighteen intermediate to advanced Polish L2 German learners and 20 German native speakers were recorded during a picture-naming task in which half of the experimental items were explicitly marked in their…
Descriptors: German, Polish, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
The paper reports on a study designed to examine the relationship between the thickness of ego boundaries and attainments in FL pronunciation after a clearly structured form-focused practical course of phonetics. The research involved 45 first-year students of the Institute of English Studies in Wroclaw, Poland, who had attended around thirty…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics
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Wach, Aleksandra – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Within the communicative approach to English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, the aims of instruction are primarily to enable learners to communicate; hence, functional and communicative intelligibility has become the goal of pronunciation training. On the other hand, contemporary approaches to EFL teaching leave sufficient room for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students