Musical Intelligence and Its Impact on English Pronunciation Skills in the Process of Second Language Acquisition

This book focuses on the results obtained from Wing's musical intelligence test and the pronunciation test measured by three English native speakers and by Praat. It delves into a detailed discussion of the obtained results and attempts to find the convergence between the level of musical intelligence and L2 pronunciation ability.

This book delves into the convergence between musical intelligence and L2 pronunciation skills. It starts with a detailed description of the theory of Multiple Intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner (1983) with particular reference to musical intelligence. It also constitutes an attempt at describing the relationship between musical intelligence and other intelligences. A detailed description of the prosodic features of speaker's pronunciation skills is the "prelude" to the methodology of research, as well as the research results, which take into consideration some of the most problematic issues, including the outcomes obtained from Wing's musical intelligence test and pronunciation test measured by three independent English native speakers and by Praat.

Autorentext

Ewa Kusz is an assistant professor in the Applied Linguistics Department at the University of Rzeszów, Poland. She specialises in English phonetics and phonology and automatic assessment of speaking.

Inhalt

Musical intelligence and the theory of multiple intelligences Herbert Wing's musical intelligence test Assessment of speaking Automatic measurement of L2 pronunciation skills Speech rate Articulation rate Average syllable duration Pausing Fundamental frequency