Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations

Recent research has shown that beat gestures (hand gestures that co-occur with speech in spontaneous discourse) are temporally integrated with prosodic prominence and that they help word memorization and discourse comprehension. However, little is known about the potential beneficial effects of beat...

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Autores: Gluhareva, Daria, Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362168816651463
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Accentedness
English language
Pronunciation training
Rhythm
Second language acquisition
Suprasegmentals
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spelling Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situationsGluhareva, DariaPrieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-AccentednessEnglish languagePronunciation trainingRhythmSecond language acquisitionSuprasegmentalsRecent research has shown that beat gestures (hand gestures that co-occur with speech in spontaneous discourse) are temporally integrated with prosodic prominence and that they help word memorization and discourse comprehension. However, little is known about the potential beneficial effects of beat gestures in second language (L2) pronunciation learning. This study investigates the impact of beat gesture observation on the acquisition of native-like speech patterns in English by examining the effect of a brief training with or without beat gestures on participants’ ratings of accentedness. In a within-participants, pre-/post-test design, participants (undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language) watched a training video in which an L2 instructor gave spontaneous responses to discourse prompts. The prompts belonged to one of two categories (easy and difficult), and were presented by the instructor either with or without accompanying beat gestures. Participants’ own answers to the prompts were recorded before and after training and evaluated by five native speaker judges. The results of the comparison between the participants’ pre-training and post-training speech samples demonstrated that beat gesture training significantly improved the participants’ accentedness ratings on the set of difficult (more discourse-demanding) items. The results of the study support the role of beat gestures as highlighters of rhythmic information and have implications for pronunciation instruction practices.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by grant MINECO-FFI2013-31995 from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain and grant 2014SGR-925 from the Generalitat de Catalunya.SAGE Publications201920192017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/36698http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362168816651463reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésLanguage Teaching Research. 2017;21(5):609-31.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/FFI2013-31995Gluhareva D, Prieto P. Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations. Language Teaching Research. 2017;21(5):609-31. Copyright © 2017 SAGE Publications. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362168816651463info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/366982026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
title Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
spellingShingle Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
Gluhareva, Daria
Accentedness
English language
Pronunciation training
Rhythm
Second language acquisition
Suprasegmentals
title_short Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
title_full Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
title_fullStr Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
title_full_unstemmed Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
title_sort Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gluhareva, Daria
Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
author Gluhareva, Daria
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Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
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author2 Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Accentedness
English language
Pronunciation training
Rhythm
Second language acquisition
Suprasegmentals
topic Accentedness
English language
Pronunciation training
Rhythm
Second language acquisition
Suprasegmentals
description Recent research has shown that beat gestures (hand gestures that co-occur with speech in spontaneous discourse) are temporally integrated with prosodic prominence and that they help word memorization and discourse comprehension. However, little is known about the potential beneficial effects of beat gestures in second language (L2) pronunciation learning. This study investigates the impact of beat gesture observation on the acquisition of native-like speech patterns in English by examining the effect of a brief training with or without beat gestures on participants’ ratings of accentedness. In a within-participants, pre-/post-test design, participants (undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language) watched a training video in which an L2 instructor gave spontaneous responses to discourse prompts. The prompts belonged to one of two categories (easy and difficult), and were presented by the instructor either with or without accompanying beat gestures. Participants’ own answers to the prompts were recorded before and after training and evaluated by five native speaker judges. The results of the comparison between the participants’ pre-training and post-training speech samples demonstrated that beat gesture training significantly improved the participants’ accentedness ratings on the set of difficult (more discourse-demanding) items. The results of the study support the role of beat gestures as highlighters of rhythmic information and have implications for pronunciation instruction practices.
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