Reexamining L2 accent: How much can personality explain?
2017 ◽
Vol 70
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pp. 227-244
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Previous studies have shown that learners’ individual differences (e.g., motivation, age) can impact second language learners’ pronunciation. This study focused on one individual difference that has received relatively little attention, namely personality, and sought to determine to what extent personality accounts for learners’ L2 accent during quasispontaneous and unplanned speech. Fifty-one English-speaking learners of Spanish performed a speaking task that was scored for degree of L2 accentedness. Results revealed that personality explained a considerable portion of the variance, and that extraversion and neuroticism were significant predictors of L2 accent.
1995 ◽
Vol 22
(2)
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pp. 307-324
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1986 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 92-107
2008 ◽
Vol 124
(4)
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pp. 2595-2595
1999 ◽
Vol 15
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pp. 41-72
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2017 ◽
Vol 38
(4)
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pp. 985-1017
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2017 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 34-56
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2008 ◽
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