scholarly journals A study on the relationship between musical ability and EFL pronunciation proficiency

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Mariola Kaszycka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Musical Ability ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Word Stress ◽  
Musical Skills ◽  
General Impression ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Music Audiation ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between musical ability and pronunciation proficiency of English as a foreign language [EFL] of university students of English philology. English pronunciation of the participants is evaluated by academic teachers of English in three categories: the general impression of the foreign or native accent, the accuracy of production of English sounds and the use of word stress and intonation. This experiment was conducted entirely online. Participants’ musical ability was tested using Gordon’s Advanced Measure of Music Audiation [AMMA]. The results of this study demonstrate a moderately positive correlation between musicality and FL pronunciation proficiency. The more musical students, the higher marks from the judges. The present findings seem to be consistent with other studies which suggest that musical skills may positively affect the acquisition of foreign language pronunciation.

scholarly journals The Influence of Pre-University Students’ Mathematics Test Anxiety and Numerical Anxiety on Mathematics Achievement

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Lim Kok Seng
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Mathematics Anxiety ◽  
Gender Issue ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Multiple Regressions ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Mathematics Test ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="apa">This study examines the relationship between mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety on students’ mathematics achievement. 140 pre-university students who studied at one of the institutes of higher learning were being investigated. Gender issue pertaining to mathematics anxieties was being addressed besides investigating the magnitude of the variables for mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety. The data revealed that there was a positive correlation between mathematics test anxiety and numerical anxiety on students’ mathematics achievement. Results of the multiple regressions showed that all the variables of mathematics anxieties were statistically significant on students’ mathematics achievement. Non-parametric tests also revealed that mathematics anxiety was statistically significant in measuring students’ mathematics achievement.</p>

The predicting well_being in social disorder based on self_discrepancy

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 865-865
Author(s):  
Z. Aalayi ◽  
T. Ahmadi Gatab
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Disorder ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Self Discrepancy ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction and objectivesThe paper aimed to study the relationship between self discrepancy and well-being in subjects suffering from social phobia. Previous research reveals that patients suffering from social phobia report a lower well-being and that self discrepancy have a positive correlation with well-being. So the question is which kind of self discrepancy decreases well-being through increasing social phobia.MethodsTo carry out this research 250 subjects were randomly selected based on Liebowitz’ s social phobia test given to a great number of university students. Subjects were asked to answer the tests on two domains of well-being and self discrepancy at the same time.ResultsThe results showed that “actualundesired” and “actualought” self discrepancy have more considerable effects on well-being respectively. Also, the direct effect of self discrepancy on well-being is more than the direct one.ConclusionsThese finding can be significant in treating social phobia and promoting well-being.

scholarly journals WPŁYW UMUZYKALNIENIA NA PRZYSWAJANIE PODSYSTEMU FONICZNEGO U UCZĄCYCH SIĘ JĘZYKÓW OBCYCH: WYNIKI BADANIA

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (43/2) ◽  
pp. 168-179
Author(s):  
Wioletta Piegzik
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Musical Ability ◽  
Music School ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

This report presents the results of a study into the relationship between musical ability and the development of a phonological system by foreign language learners. Our own experiences both as a foreign language teacher and as a musical group leader have raised a number of questions and lines of enquiry. These challenge previous researchers’ findings concerning the allegedly absolutely positive effect of music on language learning and as a result this study has been undertaken.After a brief theoretical presentation, we describe the research project in which learners abilities to distinguish and produce different phonemes as well as the prosody of the language studying are analyzed. Two groups of learners were compared in this study. One group attended a music school. The second group had no musical experience. The study showed that receptive skills were not significantly different between the two groups. The group of learners with musical training was more articulate but this was the only difference. The statistical approach used in analysis of data was the Wilcoxon test.

scholarly journals Dialogue Culture and Its Relationship with Psychological Compatibility of Students of “Learning Disabilities” Course at the College of Education, Najran University

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Naseh Husen Salem ◽  
Gomaa Farouk Helmi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
University Students ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

\<p>The study aimed to identify the nature of the relationship between dialogue culture of college of education students at Najran University and their psychological compatibility. In addition, it aimed to define the impact of age variable on this culture. It also tried to explore the possibility of predicting the level of these students’ psychological compatibility by variables of dialogue culture. The study instruments involved a scale for measuring university students’ dialogue culture prepared by the researchers in addition to a test for psychological compatibility prepared by Shoqir (2003). The sample consisted of all students enrolled in “Learning Disabilities” course in the second semester of the academic year 2014/2015. Findings showed a significant positive correlation (α=0.01) between students’ dialogue culture and all dimensions of their psychological compatibility. There were differences between 19-year old students group and 22-year old students group in favor of the latest due to cognitive, affectional and behavioral levels of dialogue culture. Findings also indicated that the three dimensions of dialogue culture (cognitive, affectional and behavioral) could predict the psychological compatibility levels of students of “Learning Disabilities” course at the college of education.</p>

scholarly journals The relationship between the production of word stress and musical abilities in Polish learners of English

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-283
Author(s):  
Anna Gralińska-Brawata ◽  
Paulina Rybińska
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Musical Ability ◽  
Word Stress ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Performance

The pilot study presented in this paper is exploratory in nature and aims first to investigate if there exists a relationship between the production of word stress and learners’ musical abilities, and then, to explore the effects of this relationship on teachability of word stress to Polish advanced students of English. The results of the analysis on the auditory recordings were compared with the information provided by the informants in a questionnaire and a performance music test. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results show that the students tend to overgeneralise word stress rules in English rather than transfer the penultimate syllable rule from Polish. In addition, there seems to be a relationship between word stress production and musical ability for the majority of the participants.

The mediating effect of English usage on Facebook on the relationship between shyness and English as a foreign language achievement in university students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-461
Author(s):  
Po-Chi Kao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
English Usage ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine a conceptualized three-dimensional construct to test whether English usage on Facebook plays a mediating role in the relationships between shyness and English as a foreign language (EFL) achievement. A total of 174 Taiwanese university students who were enrolled in EFL courses participated in this study. When examining the role of English usage on Facebook as a mediator in the relationship between shyness and EFL achievement, I found that English usage on Facebook was negatively associated with shyness, but positively associated with EFL achievement. The results indicated that English usage on Facebook partially mediated the relationship between shyness and EFL achievement. The strength of the mediating effect suggested that English usage on Facebook explained part of the negative relationship between shyness and EFL achievement. The findings may provide valuable and useful information for linguistic and psychological research in pedagogical contexts.

A Survey of Chinese University Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes Towards Homosexuality

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Cao ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Yuanyuan Gao
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Chinese University Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Area Of Study

This paper was an investigation of Chinese university students' perceptions of and beliefs about homosexuality, their attitudes towards homosexuality, and the relationship between the two aspects. A total of 500 students from 3 universities in China were sampled. The results were as follows: (i) Of the 4 variables examined, the differences between participants' perceptions and attitudes were significant only on the basis on the students' area of study. (ii) There was a significantly positive correlation between participants' perceptions about homosexuality and their attitudes, that is, attitudes could be positively predicted from participants' perceptions. (iii) Perceptions and attitudes varied significantly according to the time when participants first had contact with the term “homosexuality”. In conclusion, adequate knowledge about homosexuality is helpful for Chinese university students in adopting much more tolerant attitudes towards homosexuality.

scholarly journals The Relationship between English Pronunciation Self-Concept and English Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Hossein Talebzadeh ◽  
Leila Gholami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Global English ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Iranian Context ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Relationship

English pronunciation self-concept refers to self-evaluation of a person’s English pronunciation proficiency which is shaped during the time spent for pronunciation learning (Gimson, 1980). The present paper aims at investigating the possible correlation between English pronunciation self-concept and English language learning. Furthermore, the relationship between global English self-concept and classroom anxieties are examined in the Iranian context. To this end, Xiuquan zhu’s (2005) questionnaire was administrated to the total of 100 English as a foreign language (EFL) students. Moreover, to assess students general English performance and their pronunciation proficiency two kinds of tests were taken by the participants. Descriptive statistics was used to turn the raw data to the interpretable forms. The analysis revealed statistically significant correlation between English pronunciation self-concept and global English self-concept with in turn leads to efficient English language performance. However, negative correlation is obtained regarding English classroom anxiety and English pronunciation self-concept. Because of facilitating role of pronunciation self-concept in English language acquisition, the findings of the present study suggest that due attention should be paid on the English pronunciation self-concept in foreign language learning teaching-learning environments

scholarly journals Encounters with National Stereotypes in Foreign Language Teaching: Adjectives Describing Americans

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
Andrej Stopar
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
National Stereotypes

Teaching (or learning) a foreign language is a complex, interdisciplinary undertaking. Teachers and students are required to tackle aspects of language that transcend its merely linguistic component. This article discusses the relationship between language, thought and culture, and explores some aspects of the integration of cultural content in the English classroom. To achieve these goals, a study is conducted that identifies the main stereotypes about Americans among Slovenian university students of English as a foreign language. The results of the research can be used as a means of questioning some frequent stereotypes about Americans, and thus contributing to the fulfilment of (sometimes seemingly abstract) curricular aims that emphasize the significance of intercultural communication, awareness of cultural variety, and intercultural sensitivity.

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