Posts tagged pronounciation
Sounding ‘native’: The impact of gender, identity, and peer groups on second language pronunciation

Why do some second language (L2) learners attain a native-like pronunciation in the L2 while others have a noticeable foreign accent? More than six decades of research has sought to answer this question, with much of this research focusing on the role of the learner’s first language (L1); this is referred to as L1 transfer and is widely accepted to have a significant influence on L2 pronunciation development.

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