ǂThe ǂintonation of English as a foreign language

ǂthe ǂcase of Slovenian university students

Anja Bajc (Author), Andrej Stopar (Mentor)

Abstract

Intonacija je del prozodičnih značilnosti jezika, ki jo med učenjem angleščine kot tujega jezika pogosto zanemarjamo. Namen magistrskega dela je preveriti znanje in uporabo angleške intonacije pri slovenskih študentih na Univerzi v Ljubljani. Raziskava te naloge se osredotoča na to, kako naš materni jezik vpliva na intonacijo, medtem ko govorimo v angleščini. Poleg tega zastavi vprašanje, ali je učenje angleške intonacije na univerzitetni ravni prepozno, da bi jo lahko ponotranjili in pravilno uporabljali v vsakdanjem govoru. Pri raziskavi je sodelovalo 60 študentov, ki so se posneli med branju dialoga v angleščini. Polovica udeležencev je študentov angleškega jezika in književnosti na magistrski stopnji; druga polovica so magistrski študentje ostalih programov. Posnetki branja dialoga so analizirani glede na prozodične značilnosti. Študija ugotavlja, da v večini primerov študentje angleščine dosegajo boljše rezultate kot udeleženci, ki angleščine ne študirajo.

Keywords

prosody;intonation;English as a foreign language;EFL;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UL FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[A. Bajc]
UDC:	811.111'243:81'34(043.2)
COBISS:	83364611
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Angleščina kot tuji jezik
Secondary abstract:	Intonation is a feature of prosody which tends to be neglected while learning English as a foreign language. The purpose of the thesis is to examine the knowledge and usage of English intonation when it comes to Slovene students studying at University of Ljubljana. The research of this thesis focuses on how our mother tongue influences our intonation whilst speaking in English. Moreover, it discusses whether learning about the English intonation at the university level is too late to internalize it to such an extent to be able to use it correctly in everyday speech. For the execution of the research, 60 people were asked to participate in the reading of a dialogue in English. Half of the participants are students of English Language and Literature studying at the MA level; the other half are students who do not study English but something else at the master’s level. The recorded readings are analysed in terms of tonality, tonicity, and tones. The study concludes that in most cases students of English outperform the other group of participants not studying English.
Secondary keywords:	prozodija;intonacija;angleščina kot tuji jezik;magistrska dela;
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Study programme:	0
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	1970-01-01
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Ljubljani, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages:	91 str.
ID:	13790042