Pronunciation in EMI: conceptualization, interlocutor anxiety and attitudes towards lecturer speech

Gómez Lacabex, Esther; Roothooft, Hanne

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Pronunciation in EMI: conceptualization, interlocutor anxiety and attitudes towards lecturer speech

dc.contributor.author	Gómez Lacabex, Esther
dc.contributor.author	Roothooft, Hanne
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Giza eta Hezkuntza Zientziak	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-21T08:57:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-21T08:57:20Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.date.updated	2024-05-21T08:39:26Z
dc.description.abstract	The consolidation of English as a global language has brought with it the need to reconceptualise aspects such as English pronunciation, which seems to be experiencing a detachment from the native norm and the integration of multicultural identities. EMI students have been reported to favour intelligibility over accurate pronunciation, as they represent a community of learners for whom English is a tool rather than a target. As previous research has reported that pronunciation may be an anxiety factor for students in speaking exchanges, this study explored how 126 EMI students envision the learning of pronunciation, their attitudes towards EMI teachers¿ pronunciation and their pronunciation anxiety upon interaction with different interlocutors in their EMI context: teachers, local peers, L1 English international peers and L2 English international peers. The data from a questionnaire and focus groups revealed that these EMI learners conceptualize pronunciation as a communication tool rather than a subject to be learnt; they revealed that they do not experience uneasiness during lessons owing to their lecturers¿ pronunciation, expressing that fluency is more important than pronunciation accuracy. Finally, they showed more pronunciation anxiety if the interlocutor was the teacher or an L1 English speaker than if it was a local peer or L2 English speaker.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness - MINECO (PID2020-117882GB-I00] and by the Basque Government (Language and Speech: IT1426-22).	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Gómez-Lacabex, E., Roothooft, H. (2023) Pronunciation in EMI: conceptualization, interlocutor anxiety and attitudes towards lecturer speech. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, 4(1), 76-98. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmtp.23508.	es_ES
dc.identifier.doi	10.1558/jmtp.23508
dc.identifier.issn	2632-4490
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/48125
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Equinox Publishing	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, vol. 4(1)	es_ES
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-117882GB-I00/ES/	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1558/jmtp.23508
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dc.subject	Attitudes	en
dc.subject	Anxiety	en
dc.subject	English Medium Instruction (EMI)	en
dc.subject	Interaction	en
dc.subject	Pronunciation	en
dc.title	Pronunciation in EMI: conceptualization, interlocutor anxiety and attitudes towards lecturer speech	en
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