Intelligibility, comprehensibility and accentedness of English spoken by Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns (ICASEF)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 315980
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 255 068,00
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Project timetable
Project start date: 01/09/2018
Project end date: 31/10/2021
Summary
This empirical study sets out to investigate intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of English spoken by Finnish- and Swedish-speaking Finns. The project is conceptualized at the juncture of the fields of applied linguistics, second language phonology, and phonetics, drawing on the tradition of accent and intelligibility research. The study will produce knowledge about English pronunciation by Finns, which is much needed for the development of pronunciation pedagogy and assessment, and the design of a foreign language speaking test which will be implemented to the matriculation examination in near future. The study serves an underlying goal of English pronunciation teaching reform. Due to the unique research setting with two language groups and yet otherwise similar backgrounds, scientific breakthroughs with regard to the effect of mother tongue on the perception of accented speech are possible.
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Related publications and other outputs
- Second Language Learners Listening to their Peers: Is There a Shared L1 Effect for L2 Comprehensibility and Accentedness? (2023) Tergujeff, Elina; A1; OA
- Förståelighetsperspektiv på finlandssvenskars vanliga uttalsdrag i engelska (2022) Tergujeff, Elina; et al.; A1; OA
- Intelligibility and the gravity of segmental deviations in L1 Finnish speakers’ L2 English (2022) Tergujeff, Elina; A3; OA; 978-951-9388-74-8
- Ymmärrettävyystutkimuksen antia kielenopetukselle : esimerkkinä englanti vieraana kielenä (2022) Tergujeff, Elina; A4; OA; 978-952-5993-34-9
- Does spoken language proficiency reflect foreign accent and ease of understanding? (2021) Tergujeff, Elina; O4; OA
- Second language comprehensibility and accentedness across oral proficiency levels : A comparison of two L1s (2021) Tergujeff, Elina; A1; OA