Search results for "ääntäminen"

Teaching classic put to the test: Do tongue twisters work for L2 pronunciation?

2023

Tongue twisters are a controversial pronunciation teaching classic. Whereas some see tongue twisters difficult and frustrating for learners, others find them fun and motivating. This study was inspired by these opposing views and the fact that previous studies have failed to offer convincing proof of whether this technique works for L2 pronunciation learning. This study approaches the question with a teaching experiment. Participants were 28 learners of L2 Swedish. Half of them trained with tongue twisters and half with authentic sentences. Training focussed on two sounds typically difficult for the learners, who were tested before and after the training period. Further, the participants we…

Second language comprehensibility and accentedness across oral proficiency levels : A comparison of two L1s

2021

Second language comprehensibility and accentedness are highly complex phenomena, and numerous studies have been conducted to better understand these constructs. However, research has seldom addressed L2 comprehensibility and accentedness in relation to speakers' proficiency in the target language. This study explores L2 English comprehensibility and accentedness across three proficiency levels. The speakers were 60 teenaged Finns, half of them speaking Finnish as their L1 and half speaking Finland-Swedish as their L1. Using 20-s speech samples, the comprehensibility and accentedness of the speakers were rated by 34 English-speaking teenagers on a 9-point scale. Comparisons were made regardi…

Kazoo training for L2 pronunciation practice and reduced foreign accentedness?

2019

This paper presents a controlled pretest–training–posttest study on using a small membraphone instrument called kazoo for L2 pronunciation practice and reducing foreign accentedness. Learners were recorded for free speech before and after a six-week pronunciation and oral skills course including L2 prosody training with personal kazoos. A control group did not receive any kazoo training but did similar tasks in regular speech. Samples of all learners’ free speech before and after the course were rated for foreign accentedness by L1 speakers. In addition, learners taking part in the kazoo group were interviewed in focus groups to ascertain their views on kazoo training. The results imply tha…

Second Language Prosody and its Development : Connection between Different Aspects

2018

This study focuses on the development of L2 prosody and, in particular, whether different aspects can affect each other. Finnish-speaking learners of Swedish took part in a pronunciation and oral skills course and were recorded for various speaking tasks before and after the experimental intervention. Read-aloud declarative sentences (statements) from nine learners were acoustically analysed for several tonal and temporal aspects, focusing on the marking of primary stress. The results reveal that the learning of Swedish tonal word accent 2 (H*LH) facilitates other tonal developments towards native-like utterance intonation. A link between tonal and temporal developments in the marking of pr…

Foneettisten piirteiden ja vieraan aksentin yhteydestä suomen kielessä

2018

Tapaustutkimuksemme tarkoituksena on selvittaa muutaman foneettisen piirteen ja vieraan aksentin yhteytta suomen kielessa. Analysoimme ilmiota kuulijatestilla, akustisin mittauksin ja kirjoittajien tekemin kuulonvaraisin havainnoin. Puhujina ovat varsin edistyneet suomenpuhujat, jotka puhuvat suomea toisena tai vieraana kielenaan. Tuloksemme antavat uutta tietoa vieraan aksentin ja foneettisten piirteiden yhteyksista seka tarjoavat avauksia jatkotutkimukselle. Tutkitut piirteet ovat pitkien vokaalien etaisyydet, aannekestot, perustaajuuden (f0) vaihteluvali, f0:n vaihtelun jyrkkyys ja keskihajonta seka artikulaationopeus. Tuloksemme osoittavat, etta kaikilla piirteilla on yhteys vieraaseen …

Uttalsinlärning med fokus på svenska

2021

Studier i uttalsinlärning i finska, svenska och engelska : litteraturöversikt

2016

Denna översiktsartikel presenterar forskningsresultat om S2-uttal i andra- och främmandespråkskontexter hos talare med finska, svenska eller engelska som förstaspråk (S1) när målspråket (S2) är finska, svenska eller engelska. Det finns drygt 100 vetenskapliga studier i de undersökta kombinationerna men ingen tidigare översikt. Syftet med artikeln är att sammanfatta empiriska forskningsresultat om receptiva och produktiva aspekter av S2-uttal i dessa språkkombinationer. Forskningsresultaten illustrerar ytterligare hurdana svårigheter språkinlärare har med uttal och vilka drag som speciellt bör beaktas i språkundervisning. Artikeln är avsedd att vara till nytta för lärare och forskare som arb…

Avancerade finskspråkiga inlärares uttal av segment i sverigesvenska

2016

I den här studien analyseras finskspråkiga inlärares uttal av segment i sverigesvenskt standarduttal (mellansvenska). Talarna (n=15) är universitetsstudenter med svenska som huvud- eller biämne. Deras uttal har undersökts auditivt och två talares uttal har också analyserats akustiskt i en långtidsstudie (tre år mellan testtillfällena). De ljud som orsakar mest problem för talargruppen är [ʉ̟ː], [ɵ], [ɑː], [ɧ] och [ɕ], dvs. ljud som saknas i finska och/eller som kan betraktas som fonologiskt markerade. Också aspirerade klusiler och supradentala konsonanter orsakar en del problem för talargruppen. Typiskt för uttalet är målspråksavvikande intrapersonell variation i segmentkvalitet. En viss po…

Toisen ja vieraan kielen ääntämisen oppimisen haasteet

2016

Katsausartikkelissamme käsittelemme niitä seikkoja, jotka vaikuttavat toisen tai vieraan kielen ääntämisen oppimiseen. Yleisiä oppijaan liittyviä tekijöitä ovat esimerkiksi oppijan ikä ja hänen motivoituneisuutensa. Myös oppimisympäristö vaikuttaa. Kun kieltä opitaan oleskelemalla kohdekielisessä ympäristössä, oppimiseen voivat vaikuttaa mm. maahantuloikä, oleskeluaika ja erilaiset yhteisölliset seikat (esim. asennoituminen vieraaseen aksenttiin), kun taas kielen formaalissa opiskelussa kouluissa ja oppilaitoksissa tärkeitä voivat olla esimerkiksi opetuksen keinot ja oppimateriaalit. Myös oppijan äidinkielen ja opittavan kielen äänteelliset erot ja yhtäläisyydet vaikuttavat oppimiseen. Lisä…

The impact of a short auditory training on L2 pronunciation in languages with different orthographic depth

2021

It is sometimes assumed that the pronunciation of an L2 is more predictable and thus easier to learn if its orthography is transparent. This study aims to find out whether this assumption holds true in the first stages of L2 learning in languages with different orthographic depth. The study also examines the effect that a short auditory training (supported by simultaneous orthographic input) has on L2 pronunciation. A central finding was that the pronunciation of an L2 with a transparent orthography was not easier to learn for a naïve learner when compared to an L2 with an opaque orthography. A second finding was that even a short period of auditory training can introduce a significant impr…