The Influence of Brain Dominance on Learning English Pronunciation

• Authors: Ewa Czajka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper provides a description of a study that was aimed at verifying the influence of brain dominance on learners’ proficiency in the perception and production of English pronunciation. Eighty-eight subjects participated in the research. The procedures involved the use of the following research tools: questionnaires for both learners and teachers; the Brain-Dominance Inventory (BDI); and, finally, a pronunciation perception and production test. The mean scores obtained by the participants varied considerably among the three brain-dominance groups (right-brain, left-brain, and bilateral learners). The results of the study suggest that right-brain dominance and integrated hemisphericity correlate to success in second-language pronunciation.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Anglica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 50
• Pages: 239-250

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Ewa Czajka