Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety : In Search of an Interplay / by Magdalena Szyszka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szyszka, Magdalena., Author.

Series:

Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2193-7656

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Applied linguistics.

Language Education.

Applied Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Language Education.

Applied Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 224 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

The book presents theoretical considerations and the results of empirical research on pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by pre-service trainee teachers majoring in English as a foreign language who experienced different levels of language anxiety (LA). The theoretical part focuses on the concepts of pronunciation learning, pronunciation-learning strategies and language anxiety and includes an overview of recent empirical research dealing with various related issues. The empirical section of the book presents the findings of a research project that investigated the interplay between PLS and LA, in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Based on the findings, the author proposes two profiles of anxious and non-anxious EFL trainee teachers who support their pronunciation learning with an array of pronunciation learning strategies and tactics.

Contents:

Introduction

Pedagogical and Psychological Background of Pronunciation Learning and Language Learning Strategies

Foreign Language Anxiety in the Context of Foreign Language Oral Performance, Language and Pronunciation Learning Strategies

A Review of Selected Empirical Research on Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety

Research on the Interplay Between Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319506425

3319506420