Understanding and addressing perceptual challenges for adult Vietnamese-speaking ESL students

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dc.contributor.advisorMcGregor, Lin A.en
dc.contributor.advisorSchallert, Diane L.en
dc.creatorLauzon, Anna Cecileen
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-04T14:44:36Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:19:54Z
dc.date.available2010-06-04T14:44:36Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:19:54Z
dc.date.issued2009-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2009en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractPronunciation instruction in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom often focuses exclusively on production and fails to address students’ perception problems. This report attempts to explain why L2 learners struggle to perceive and produce segments accurately in their L2 and what can be done to help L2 learners overcome these problems. Accordingly, the report explores how L1 experience and segmental differences between Vietnamese and English contribute to these English language learners’ perception and production problems. The report also considers instructional methods that can be used to help ESL learners overcome their perception and production challenges and recommends several approaches for addressing segments that are often difficult for Vietnamese learners.en
dc.description.departmentForeign Language Educationen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-08-245en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectperceptionen
dc.subjectsegmentsen
dc.subjectVietnameseen
dc.subjectpronunciationen
dc.subjectESLen
dc.titleUnderstanding and addressing perceptual challenges for adult Vietnamese-speaking ESL studentsen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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