Essays about: "accent in english"
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26. Attitudes towards Swedish-English - Swedish upper secondary school students' evaluations of Swedish-English accented teachers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : English can be seen, to some extent, as the second language of most Swedes, even though it has no official status in Sweden. Despite a high proficiency in the language throughout the Swedish population, Swedes seem to have issues identifying with English, as is evident in a widespread resentment towards a Swedish-English accented variety. READ MORE
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27. ‘Neutral, native-like or authentic’ : Investigating attitudes and beliefs of expanding circle speakers of English
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The status of English as the language of international communication is by now well-established. However, in the past 16 years, research has tried to emphasize the fact that the English spoken in international contact situations and between people with other first languages than English has different needs than the English spoken locally amongst native speakers, resulting in the emergence of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a scholarly field. READ MORE
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28. The Politician and the Accent : An interview study about students' perceptions of a politician speaking English with a Swedish accent
University essay fromAbstract : Swedish speakers of English tend to speak with an accent, but the attitudes toward said accent is unknown. While a few studies have been made regarding listeners' perceptions of their own first language accents, the results varied and did not specifically adress English with a Swedish accent. READ MORE
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29. I Perceive, Therefore I Produce? : A Study on the Perception and Production of Three English Consonantal Sounds by Swedish L2 learners
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This study set out to investigate the relationship between perception and production of English / tʃ, dʒ/ and / ʒ / by native speakers of Swedish learning English in secondary school. The aim was to find out if Flege’s Speech Learning Model (SLM) (1995) and Major’s Ontogeny Phylogeny Model (OPM) (2001) are suitable to describe young learners’ L2 phonological attainment. READ MORE
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30. Statistical properties of the tongue movement during natural speech
University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)Abstract : The objective of this paper is to extract and understand the statistics of tongue movementand analyze the pattern of their movement in free speech.The data used here is the audio signals and sensor readings of the tongue movement offour native English speakers with American accent. READ MORE
