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Mejade Tomažič (Author), Klementina Jurančič (Mentor)

Abstract

We are surrounded with different varieties of English language. We listen to English music or radio shows, watch English movies and shows and watch English videos on the internet. The most common varieties that we encounter are British English and American English, which have distinctive differences in stress and pronunciation. Because we encounter both varieties daily, we have found it interesting to see which one prevails in our primary schools. The British English variety is primarily taught in school and the American variety is all around us and is thus more likely to be acquired. Children acquire a foreign language very easily if they are in contact with it on a regular basis. This is as nowadays, as we all hear English lyrics on the radio or hear English conversations on TV. The thesis focuses on the factors that might influence the choice of the English variety. It explores if the input, whether it is pictorial with pictures or textual with words, influences the choice of variety. It also presents connections between the pronunciation of more frequent and less frequent words with choice of variety, the influence of the pupils' backgrounds, and way of learning English.

Keywords

theses;word recognition;working and long-term memory;second language;language acquisition;language learning;British and American English pronunciation;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [M. Tomažič]
UDC: 811.111'355(043.2)
COBISS: 22765320 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: Testing pronunciation varieties of English in primary school through pictorial and textual input
Secondary abstract: Srečujemo se z različnimi variacijami angleškega jezika. Poslušamo angleško glasbo ali radijske oddaje, gledamo angleške filme in oddaje in na internetu gledamo angleške videoposnetke. Najpogostejši variaciji, ki jih slišimo so Britanska angleščina in Ameriška angleščina, ki imata točno določene razlike v izgovarjavi. Ker se z obema variacijama srečujemo dnevno nas je zanimalo, katera od njih prevladuje v naših slovenskih osnovnih šolah. Ali je to britanska angleščina, ki se poučuje v šoli ali ameriška variacija, ki jo srečujemo povsod in jo tako lahko usvojimo. Otroci, ki se dnevno srečujejo s tujim jezikom, ga z lahkoto usvojijo, kar je pri nas mogoče z ameriško angleščino, saj skoraj vsi poslušamo pesmi z angleškimi besedili po radiu ali gledamo oddaje po televiziji, kjer govorijo angleško. Ta diploma se osredotoča na dejavnike, ki bi lahko vplivali na izbiro angleške variacije. Raziskuje ali vhodni podatki, slikovni ali besedilni obliki, vplivajo na izbiro variacije. Predstavlja tudi povezavo med izbiro variacije in bolj pogostimi ali manj pogostimi besedami in vpliv učenčevega okolja in način učenja ter izbiro variacije.
Secondary keywords: prepoznava besed;kratkotrajen in dolgotrajen spomin;tuj jezik;usvajanje jezika;učenje jezika;ameriško angleška in britansko angleška izgovorjava;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages: III, 42 f.
ID: 9171050