Building a database for research in L2 phonetics and phonology: an interinstitutional project

• Autor(a) principal: Silveira , Rosane
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lima Júnior , Ronaldo, Alves , Ubiratã Kickhofel, Barboza, Clerton Luiz Felix
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Colineares
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/RCOL/article/view/2859
• topic: English as an L2; Complex Dynamic Systems; Phonetics; Phonology; Inglês como L2; Sistemas Dinâmicos Complexos; Fonética; Fonologia

This paper describes the stages of an interinstitutional project aimed at building a speech database of English as a second language (L2), which could be used for research in the field of L2 Phonetics and Phonology. The bank will have longitudinal and cross-sectional data, focusing on the production of vowels, consonants and syllabic patterns of English. We intend to recruit students enrolled in undergraduate programs that involve training professionals who need to develop a high level of English proficiency (Letras and Secretariado Executivo), as well as L2 learners in language centers. A better understanding of how these learners develop the L2 sound system can provide important information for L2 pronunciation pedagogy, as well as improve the understanding of how interphonology develops for each individual. Several studies have highlighted the fact that both the perception and the production of sounds and syllable patterns of L2 improve as L2 proficiency advances (ZIMMER, 2004; SILVEIRA, 2011). However, most of these studies have adopted a cross-sectional design, which generally implies a single session of data collection from learners across proficiency levels. Adopting both a longitudinal and a cross-sectional perspective, in a 'product' approach in line with a 'process' approach (LOWIE, 2017; LOWIE; VERSPOOR, 2019; YU; LOWIE, 2019), will allow for a better understanding of the development of the L2 system, showing that the acquisition of L2 phonology presents complex and non-linear behavior (BARBOZA, 2013; ALBUQUERQUE, 2019; LIMA JR.; ALVES, 2019). The importance of including a longitudinal perspective lies in the fact that, in the development of an L2 system, progress and regression coexist, since the learning of new structures can temporarily affect structures that were already present in the learner"™s system, due to the fractal nature of complex / dynamic systems (BECKNER et al., 2009; LARSEN-FREEMAN; CAMERON, 2008; LARSEN-FREEMAN, 2015; 2017).