Research Proposal

a. Research topic

 Pronunciation in Argentine adult learners from a private institute in the city of Escobar, Buenos Aires. 

b. Research problem

Even after years of exposure to the target language, the acquisition of intelligible English pronunciation in adulthood of Argentinian speakers from a private institute in the city of Escobar is a barrier which impairs the effective communication process.

c. Research questions

Which factors can hinder the process of acquiring an intelligible English pronunciation in these speakers who have started learning English in adulthood?

What teaching strategies can be implemented to facilitate the process of acquiring intelligible pronunciation?

d. General objective

To identify the reasons which may be preventing these adult  learners from acquiring an intelligible English pronunciation.

 

e. List of bibliographic entries containing: 1 book, 1 chapter in a book, 2 journal articles. 

  Burns, A. (2003). Clearly speaking: pronunciation in action for teachers. National Center for English Language Teaching and Research. Macquaire Universaity.

   Gilakjani, A., Ahmadi, S., & Ahmadi, M. (2011). Why is pronunciation so difficult to learn? English Language Teaching, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v4n3p74

  Judy B. Gilbert. (2008). Teaching pronunciation using the prosody pyramid.  Cambridge University Press.

Pourhosein- Gilakjani, A. (2012). A study of factors affecting EFL learners' English pronunciation learning and the strategies for instruction. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(3), 119 -128. Retrieved from http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_2_No_3_February_2012/17.pdf

  Seidlhofer, B. (2001). Pronunciation. In R. Carter & D. Nunan (Eds.), The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Cambridge University Press.

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