Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety

In Search of an Interplay
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-84451-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Second Language Learning and Teaching

This book presents theoretical considerations and the results of empirical research on pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by pre-service trainee teachers majoring in English as a foreign language who experienced different levels of language anxiety (LA). The theoretical part focuses on the concepts of pronunciation learning, pronunciation-learning strategies and language anxiety and includes an overview of recent empirical research dealing with various related issues. The empirical section of the book presents the findings of a research project that investigated the interplay between PLS and LA, in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Based on the findings, the author proposes two profiles of anxious and non-anxious EFL trainee teachers who support their pronunciation learning with an array of pronunciation learning strategies and tactics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szyszka, Magdalena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Pedagogical and Psychological Background of Pronunciation Learning and Language Learning Strategies.- Foreign Language Anxiety in the Context of Foreign Language Oral Performance, Language and Pronunciation Learning Strategies.- A Review of Selected Empirical Research on Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety.- Research on the Interplay Between Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety.- Conclusions.