My English sounds better than yours: Second-language learners perceive their own accent as better than that of their peers.

Second language (L2) learners are often aware of the typical pronunciation errors that speakers of their native language make, yet often persist in making these errors themselves. We hypothesised that L2 learners may perceive their own accent as closer to the target language than the accent of other...

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Main Authors: Holger Mitterer, Nikola Anna Eger, Eva Reinisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227643