PERSPECTIVES OF BILINGUALS TOWARD SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND ACCENT MODIFICATION THERAPY
Open Access
- Graduate Program:
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Degree:
- Master of Science
- Document Type:
- Master Thesis
- Date of Defense:
- December 20, 2012
- Committee Members:
- Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
- Kathryn D R Drager, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
- Keywords:
- bilingualism
- accent modification therapy
- culture
- speech language pathology
- Abstract:
- Eight bilingual individuals participated in an interview study pertaining to their experience of learning English as a second language with regards to language issues including, but not limited to, proficiency, language use, and the role of culture and communication and to probe their knowledge about accent modification therapy and about their views toward these services. Broad themes, including a) “Language Use,” b) “Views Toward Bilingualism,” c) “Language Acquisition”, and d) “Views Toward Accents,” with subsequent sub-themes, were established based on common patterns that emerged from the data. Results include direct quotations from the interviews. Factors related to bilingual language acquisition that came up during the interviews include education, immigration, culture, home language, and language modalities such as speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Factors related to accent modification therapy include social factors about speaking with an accent, knowledge of therapy services, and necessity for services. Clinical implications are discussed for speech language