The Interrelation between the Perception and Production of English Monophthongs by Speakers of Iraqi Arabic.
The assumption that performance in second language (L2) speech perception and speech production is aligned has received much debate in L2 research. Theoretical models such as the Motor Theory (MT) and Speech Learning Model (SLM) have described the relation between these two processes based on the as...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=117766093&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 117766093 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2016 Special issue vid: 24 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 117766093 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.3MB tig: atl: The Interrelation between the Perception and Production of English Monophthongs by Speakers of Iraqi Arabic. aug: au: Ammar, A. Al Abdely Yap Ngee Thai affil: Department of English Language, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia su: Sensory perception Learning Synchronic order Ability Linguistics sug: subj: Sensory perception Learning Synchronic order Ability Linguistics keyword: English vowels Iraqi EFL learners pronunciation second language acquisition Speech perception speech production ab: The assumption that performance in second language (L2) speech perception and speech production is aligned has received much debate in L2 research. Theoretical models such as the Motor Theory (MT) and Speech Learning Model (SLM) have described the relation between these two processes based on the assumption that speech is perceived with reference to how it is produced and speech production is in turn influenced by how well speech contrast is perceptible to the second-language learner. The present study aims to investigate this relation with regard to Iraqi learners' perception and production of English vowels, focussing on the role of LI interference and English proficiency level in shaping this relation. The results of the present study showed that accurate perception may not necessarily be a prerequisite for accurate production especially for EFL learners at the elementary level. Perception and production score means were significantly different, revealing an asymmetrical relation between the two processes. The results showed that speech production of L2 learners at the elementary level exceeded their ability in speech perception. However, for the other three proficiency levels, perception and production seemed to develop in synchrony. The level of difficulty encountered in the perception and production tasks could be attributed to LI interference, since the vowels that were better produced than perceived are all found in the LI vowel system, while the only vowel that was better perceived is not in the LI vowel system. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2016 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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