Az anyanyelvi és az idegen nyelvi spontán beszéd temporális jellemzői

Abstract

When learning a foreign language, speakers face various challenges and they need to make conscious efforts to learn the articulation of the speech sounds, the necessary vocabulary, and the grammatical rules and structures of the given language. Temporal structuring of spontaneous speech happens mainly automatically and it is strongly affected by the language competence of the speaker of the given language. The present research has investigated the spontaneous Hungarian and English speech of participants whose first language is Hungarian and who speak English at an elementary, intermediate or advanced level. The temporal conditions of speech, pausing strategies, the forming of speech segments, and the speech tempo have been analysed. According to the hypothesis, the higher the knowledge of English, the better the English as a foreign language utterance follows the accent and speed of the first language English speaker. The results of the research are of high importance both for language learning and language teaching.