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Advanced Adult ESL Students’ Perspectives on the Benefits of Pronunciation Instruction

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Abstract

What do ESL students perceive as the benefits of pronunciation instruction? The answer to this important question is unclear because very few studies on L2 pronunciation teaching have focused on students’ perspectives regarding its value. This paper reports on research that replicated and extended Levis, Link, and Sonsaat’s (2013) study that investigated students’ perspectives on the effects of pronunciation instruction. Participants were 12 university students in an advanced English pronunciation course. The quantitative analysis showed that the students’ comprehensibility and accentedness did not change significantly. Nevertheless, despite this apparent lack of progress, the qualitative analysis revealed that students found the course beneficial because it increased their awareness (of general articulatory processes and their own difficulties), built their confidence, improved their listening, and provided them with valuable pronunciation- improvement strategies.

How to Cite:

Henrichsen, L. & Stephens, C., (2014) “Advanced Adult ESL Students’ Perspectives on the Benefits of Pronunciation Instruction”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 6(1).