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14th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS-14)San Francisco, CA, USA |
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This paper presents a pronunciation training method specifically
addressed to Italian learners of German. This method is centred
on prosody, treated within a contrastive German-Italian
framework. Correct prosodic perception is attained by correct
identification of L2-suprasegmentals, achieved by monitoring
L1-suprasegmentals. This effect percolates through to other
levels resulting in correct German prosody and segmentals.
Once learners acquire a rudimental prosodic competence, many
phonological interferences disappear, suggesting that
accentuation and intonation have a controlling function over
syllables and segments.
Empirical data illustrate the positive effects of a prosodycentred
training on L2-German pronunciation. Results obtained
with a pre- and post-test-designed analysis comparing segmentcentred
with prosody-centred pronunciation training are
investigated in view both of specific prosodic and segmental
aspects and of motivational implications. Statistically significant
different improvement rates in the two procedures give evidence
of the priority of prosody in pronunciation training and thus in
teaching practice in SLA and in L2 phonetic acquisition
Bibliographic reference. Missaglia, Federica (1999): "Contrastive prosody in SLA – an empirical study with adult Italian learners of German", In ICPhS-14, 551-554.