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Tergujeff, Elina; Kuronen, Mikko; Kautonen, Maria – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
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…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Musical Instruments, Second Language Instruction
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Kuronen, Mikko; Tergujeff, Elina – Language Learning Journal, 2020
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)…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Finno Ugric Languages, Swedish