Accent Reduction and the Training of General American – Bc. Hana Vrtalová
Bc. Hana Vrtalová
Bachelor's thesis
Accent Reduction and the Training of General American
Accent Reduction and the Training of General American
Abstract:
Práce se zabývá tím, zda a do jaké míry je možné, aby si motivovaná studentka angličtiny (EFL) osvojila americký akcent. Veronika se rozhodla, že se chce co nejvíce přiblížit výslovnosti rodilého mluvčího. Prvním nezbytným krokem výzkumu byla modifikace jejího vlastního akcentu. Veroničin pokrok byl sledován ve třech sadách nahrávek, které byly pořízeny v jednotlivých fázích výzkumu. Teoretická sekce …moreAbstract:
The study aimed to find out whether it is possible (and to what extent) for a motivated EFL student to acquire the General American accent. Veronika, an advanced student of English, decided to sound as much as a native speaker of General American as possible. Accent reduction was the first necessary step in the process. Veronika’s progress was monitored in three recording sets taken at different stages …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 12. 5. 2014
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/ozakc/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2014
- Supervisor: PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Miroslav Ježek, Ph.D.
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Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakultaMasaryk University
Faculty of ScienceBachelor programme / field:
Geography and Cartography / English Language and Literature
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