Enhancing the Pronunciation of the /i:/-/ɪ/ English Vowel Contrast Through Authentic Materials: A Study on Spanish/Catalan Teenagers Using Short Films
This study evaluated a novel High-Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) approach using authentic short films to improve the perception of the English /i:/-/ɪ/ vowel contrast amongst L1-Spanish/Catalan learners. Using a pre-test/post-test design, an experimental group (N=10) trained with the films, wh...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:uabarcelona_::85934f03607603aa8b461be3e7d74e84 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/327142 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | High-Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) Identification Tasks (IDs) Authentic materials Short films L2 vowel perception L1-Spanish/Catalan Tense-lax vowel contrast /i:/-/ɪ/ |
| Sumario: | This study evaluated a novel High-Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) approach using authentic short films to improve the perception of the English /i:/-/ɪ/ vowel contrast amongst L1-Spanish/Catalan learners. Using a pre-test/post-test design, an experimental group (N=10) trained with the films, while a control group (N=10) did not. The trained group showed statistically significant improvement in perceiving the vowel contrast, whereas the control group's perceptual accuracy did not change. The findings suggest that using authentic audiovisual materials is a highly effective method for L2 pronunciation training. |
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