The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners
The effect of incidental learning on acquiring the pronunciation of the phoneme /p/ by Arabic-speaking English as foreign language learners was the focus of this study. This phoneme was chosen because it does not exist in the phonemic inventory of Arabic. Eighth graders studying at Al-Ethra’a Second...
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| author | Altakhaineh Abdel Rahman Mitib Alsaraireh Mohammad Yousef Alhendi Hiba |
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| description | The effect of incidental learning on acquiring the pronunciation of the phoneme /p/ by Arabic-speaking English as foreign language learners was the focus of this study. This phoneme was chosen because it does not exist in the phonemic inventory of Arabic. Eighth graders studying at Al-Ethra’a Secondary School in Alkarak were tested on the pronunciation of words containing /p/ in context (pre-test). For three weeks, they were taught the primary stress of English words containing the target phoneme in their first or second syllable (treatment/incidental learning). The learning exercises consisted of explaining the stress rules and listening to native speakers uttering the words, followed by the participants’ repetition. The students were then re-tested (post-test) to determine whether incidental learning had affected the participants’ pronunciation of /p/. The results reveal that the treatment (incidental learning of /p/) had a positive impact on the participants’ answers on the post-test. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4fe956049da54e8ebbeb531ada1b6c0f2025-01-31T08:34:32ZengSciendoExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)2303-48582022-10-01101516510.2478/exell-2022-0010The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learnersAltakhaineh Abdel Rahman Mitib0Alsaraireh Mohammad Yousef1Alhendi Hiba2The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanAl- Balqa Applied University, Karak Branch, Karak, JordanThe University of Jordan, Amman, JordanThe effect of incidental learning on acquiring the pronunciation of the phoneme /p/ by Arabic-speaking English as foreign language learners was the focus of this study. This phoneme was chosen because it does not exist in the phonemic inventory of Arabic. Eighth graders studying at Al-Ethra’a Secondary School in Alkarak were tested on the pronunciation of words containing /p/ in context (pre-test). For three weeks, they were taught the primary stress of English words containing the target phoneme in their first or second syllable (treatment/incidental learning). The learning exercises consisted of explaining the stress rules and listening to native speakers uttering the words, followed by the participants’ repetition. The students were then re-tested (post-test) to determine whether incidental learning had affected the participants’ pronunciation of /p/. The results reveal that the treatment (incidental learning of /p/) had a positive impact on the participants’ answers on the post-test.https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0010phonologyarabic-speaking efl learnersincidental learningsecond language acquisition |
| spellingShingle | Altakhaineh Abdel Rahman Mitib Alsaraireh Mohammad Yousef Alhendi Hiba The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics) phonology arabic-speaking efl learners incidental learning second language acquisition |
| title | The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners |
| title_full | The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners |
| title_fullStr | The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners |
| title_short | The impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound /p/ by Arabic-speaking EFL learners |
| title_sort | impact of incidental learning on the acquisition of the sound p by arabic speaking efl learners |
| topic | phonology arabic-speaking efl learners incidental learning second language acquisition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2022-0010 |
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