The relationship between cultural identity and accent

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buir.advisorAydınlı, Julie Mathews
dc.contributor.authorAydemir, Ahu Burcu
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:21:52Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:21:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 65-75.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the relationship between cultural identity and accent. The focus is on the relationship between the identity perceptions of 20 native speakers of English, who have been living in Turkey for a long period of time, and their Turkish accent in terms of nativelikeness. The participants were administered a cultural identity questionnaire, their reading aloud of a few Turkish passages was recorded, and followup interviews were conducted with four of the participants. The findings of this study showed that there is a relationship between cultural identity and accent, in the sense that the more the participants identified themselves as Turkish the more ‘native-like’ their accent score was. This finding confirms the previous literature (e.g., Gatbonton, Trofimovich, & Magid, 2005; Jones, 2001; Marx, 2002; Rindal, 2010), suggesting a relationship between cultural identity and accent. The findings further indicated that the participants tended to prioritize comprehensibility over presentation of speech. At the pedagogical level, this is a reminder that during their practices, second language teachers need to be aware of the language learners’ goals in order to avoid mismatches.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAydemir, Ahu Burcuen_US
dc.format.extentxiv, 87 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/15635
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectcultural identityen_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjectaccenten_US
dc.subjectnative-likeen_US
dc.subject.lccPE1068.T8 A93 2013en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Study and teaching--Tururkish speakers.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Pronunciation by foreing speakers.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Turkey--Accent and accentuation.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Turkey--Pronunciation.en_US
dc.titleThe relationship between cultural identity and accenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineTeaching English as a Foreign Language
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMA (Master of Arts)

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