More, Better, Earlier: Developing Targeted Linguistics Strategies for Spanish Pronunciation
- Jordan Sandoval (Western Washington University)
- Kirsten Drickey (Western Washington University)
- Nancy Brill (Western Washington University)
- Brahm vanWoerden (Western Washington University)
Abstract
Intermediate-levelSpanishlanguageclassesfocusprimarilyondevelopingvocabulary,coregrammaticalconcepts,andawarenessofculturalpatterns.Consequently,instructorsfocusonsyntacticandmorphologicalaspectsofthetargetlanguagewhileneglectingexplicitphonologicalinstructionorrelegatingthistoupper-divisioncourses,wherestudentsarrivewithfossilizedL1-influencedproductionpatternsthathindertheirabilitytoeffectivelycommunicatewithnativespeakers.Webelievethatthesedeficitsarepreventablewithearlierintervention,andhavethuscreatedcurricularcomponentsthatgiveintermediate-levelSpanishstudentsexplicitphonologicaltrainingearlierintheirstudyofthelanguage.Wehavepilotedthesemodulesinintermediate-levelSpanishclassesatamedium-sizedpublicinstitutioninthePacificNorthwestandreportimprovementsinstudents’understandingofEnglishtransferfeaturesaswellasincreasedconfidenceassessingtheirownproductionsandusingSpanishoutsidetheclassroom.
How to Cite:
Sandoval, J., Drickey, K., Brill, N. & vanWoerden, B., (2019) “More, Better, Earlier: Developing Targeted Linguistics Strategies for Spanish Pronunciation”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 11(1).
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