Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
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- dc.contributor.author Gluhareva, Daria
- dc.contributor.author Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
- dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-28T09:52:08Z
- dc.date.available 2019-02-28T09:52:08Z
- dc.date.issued 2017
- dc.description.abstract Recent research has shown that beat gestures (hand gestures that co-occur with speech in spontaneous discourse) are temporally integrated with prosodic prominence and that they help word memorization and discourse comprehension. However, little is known about the potential beneficial effects of beat gestures in second language (L2) pronunciation learning. This study investigates the impact of beat gesture observation on the acquisition of native-like speech patterns in English by examining the effect of a brief training with or without beat gestures on participants’ ratings of accentedness. In a within-participants, pre-/post-test design, participants (undergraduate students learning English as a foreign language) watched a training video in which an L2 instructor gave spontaneous responses to discourse prompts. The prompts belonged to one of two categories (easy and difficult), and were presented by the instructor either with or without accompanying beat gestures. Participants’ own answers to the prompts were recorded before and after training and evaluated by five native speaker judges. The results of the comparison between the participants’ pre-training and post-training speech samples demonstrated that beat gesture training significantly improved the participants’ accentedness ratings on the set of difficult (more discourse-demanding) items. The results of the study support the role of beat gestures as highlighters of rhythmic information and have implications for pronunciation instruction practices.
- dc.description.sponsorship The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by grant MINECO-FFI2013-31995 from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain and grant 2014SGR-925 from the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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- dc.identifier.citation Gluhareva D, Prieto P. Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations. Language Teaching Research. 2017;21(5):609-31. DOI: 10.1177/1362168816651463
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362168816651463
- dc.identifier.issn 1362-1688
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36698
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher SAGE Publications
- dc.relation.ispartof Language Teaching Research. 2017;21(5):609-31.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/FFI2013-31995
- dc.rights Gluhareva D, Prieto P. Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations. Language Teaching Research. 2017;21(5):609-31. Copyright © 2017 SAGE Publications. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362168816651463
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- dc.subject.keyword Accentedness
- dc.subject.keyword English language
- dc.subject.keyword Pronunciation training
- dc.subject.keyword Rhythm
- dc.subject.keyword Second language acquisition
- dc.subject.keyword Suprasegmentals
- dc.title Training with rhythmic beat gestures benefits L2 pronunciation in discourse-demanding situations
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