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Papers by Rosane Silveira

Ilha do Desterro, 2024

The present study investigates the effectiveness of synthetic versus natural stimuli for percepti... more The present study investigates the effectiveness of synthetic versus
natural stimuli for perception training on the ability of Brazilians to
identify the English vowels /æ-ɛ/. Fifty-six native Brazilians participated
in this study, and they were randomly divided into three groups: natural
stimuli, synthetic stimuli, and control groups (experimental groups). The
participants assigned to the experimental groups underwent perception
training sessions, with the natural group listening to recordings containing
vowels that did not have their duration altered, while the synthetic group
listened to recordings containing vowels that had their duration altered
to 350ms. Pre and post training perception tests were administered to
measure their progress. Results indicate that perception training with both
synthetic and natural stimuli is effective for the identification of /æ-ɛ/.
Keywords: vowel perception; high variability training; synthetic stimuli;
English.

Esta obra foi organizada a partir das conferências e trabalhos apresentados no I Encontro Brasile... more Esta obra foi organizada a partir das conferências e trabalhos apresentados no I Encontro Brasileiro sobre Internacionalização e Inovação em Estudos Linguísticos, Literários e Formação de Professores de Línguas, realizado entre 18 e 22 de outubro de 2021 pelo Curso de Letras da Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul U.U. Cassilândia-MS. Temas como Políticas de Internacionalização, Políticas Linguísticas, Internacionalização da Educação Superior são abordados sob a ótica dos Estudos Linguísticos, buscando explorar inovações e transdisciplinares possíveis entre internacionalização e a pesquisa em linguística.

Working Papers em Linguística

This study investigated the possible influence of the allomorphs [t, d, ɪd] in the intelligibilit... more This study investigated the possible influence of the allomorphs [t, d, ɪd] in the intelligibility of 48 verbs ending in -ed, half in the first and half in the second intelligibility test, which were produced by eight speakers from four different L1 backgrounds (e.g., BP, Spanish, German, English) and orthographically transcribed by 14 Brazilian listeners in two intelligibility tests within a four-month interval. Results of the first intelligibility test indicated that verbs ending in the allomorph [t] were more intelligible than verbs ending in the allomorph [ɪd], which in turn were more intelligible than verbs ending in the allomorph [d]. However, results for the second intelligibility test did not follow the same tendency and indicated that the intelligibility of verbs ending in the allomorphs [t, ɪd] were very similar whereas the results for the intelligibility of verbs with the allomorph [d] increased since it had large room for improvement from the first to the second test. Mo...

Estudos linguísticos e internacionalização na educação superior, 2023

SILVEIRA, R.; MARCELINO, A. F. B. Letras para além da universidade: o projeto de extensão Portugu... more SILVEIRA, R.; MARCELINO, A. F. B.
Letras para além da universidade: o projeto de extensão Português como Língua de Acolhimento In: Estudos linguísticos e internacionalização na educação superior.1 ed.Cassilândia: CLEUEMS|UUC, 2023, v.1, p. 118-134.

Veredas, Dec 19, 2022

Este estudo examina a visão de professores brasileiros de inglês sobre as possibilidades da tecno... more Este estudo examina a visão de professores brasileiros de inglês sobre as possibilidades da tecnologia digital para o ensino de pronúncia. Foi realizada uma pesquisa online com um grupo de 42 professores. Todos eles possuíam graduação em um programa de formação de professores de inglês e tinham experiência em ensino. Os participantes responderam a um questionário elaborado para reunir informações sobre sua formação educacional e perguntas que buscam identificar: (a) o que os participantes reconhecem como recursos digitais relevantes para o ensino e aprendizagem da pronúncia; (b) o papel desempenhado pelos recursos digitais em suas práticas de ensino de pronúncia e (c) suas perspectivas sobre as possibilidades e limitações dos recursos digitais para o ensino de pronúncia. Os resultados trazem insights sobre as possibilidades da tecnologia digital para o ensino de pronúncia e sobre as lacunas na formação de professores em relação ao ensino de pronúncia auxiliado por recursos digitais.

Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, 2013

São aceitos trabalhos em que pelo menos um dos autores tenha o título de doutor. Mestrandos, mest... more São aceitos trabalhos em que pelo menos um dos autores tenha o título de doutor. Mestrandos, mestres e doutorandos podem submeter artigos com a condição de que sejam co-autores com pesquisadores doutores. A comissão editorial entende que a supervisão de alunos deve ser explícita, e não deve ser tomada como coautoria. Artigos derivados de pesquisas de mestrado ou doutorado devem incluir o nome do orientador em nota de rodapé, e não como co-autor. Uma exceção é feita as resenhas, em que é permitido resenhas de doutorandos.

THE INFLUENCE OF PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION ON THE PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF ENGLISH WORD-FINAL... more THE INFLUENCE OF PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION ON THE PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF ENGLISH WORD-FINAL CONSONANTS

Fórum Linguístico

The present study investigated the correlation between second-language (L2) proficiency and phono... more The present study investigated the correlation between second-language (L2) proficiency and phonological development within a longitudinal frame. Five Brazilian learners of English participated in two data collection sessions with a seven-month interval. Participants completed a paragraph reading task containing several instances of two nasals and a rhotic coda in word-final position, namely, /m n ɹ/. Proficiency was measured via experienced English teachers’ ratings of an image description task. Results revealed cross-linguistic influences on coda production with vowel nasalization and deletion of the nasal codas, as well as frication and deletion of the rhotic coda. /ɹ/ was the segment that displayed considerable improvement over time. Statistical analyses unveiled a strong, significant relationship between proficiency and accuracy scores, but this relationship was not significant in the final data collection. The development of the phonological categories at issue seems to have o...

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Dec 1, 2018

Controversies about what Applied Linguistics is abound. Moita Lopes (2009), for example, provides... more Controversies about what Applied Linguistics is abound. Moita Lopes (2009), for example, provides a historical review of the development of Applied Linguistics and identiies diferent moments: * Faculty member of the Department of Foreign Language and Literature, and of the English Post-Graduation Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. She is a research fellow of the National Council for Scientiic and Technological Development (CNPq). Her teaching and research interests involve the development and teaching of L2 speech. Currently she is also the coordinator of the Letras Undergradute Program.

The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, w... more The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, which has also been proposed as one of the goals in pronunciation instruction. Studies carried out on this construct in Brazil are SCHADECH, 2013), and their main findings are discussed taking into account Jenkins' (2002) Lingua Franca core. Furthermore, methodological issues are discussed, pointing out the different foci of the studies conducted in Brazil, the variables examined by the Brazilian studies at present, and the myriad of variables contemplated by international studies that still need investigation in the Brazilian context. Some of these variables are related to the speaker/listener or are of linguistic nature (e.g., L2 proficiency, accent familiarity, lexical frequency), all of which could help us to understand the intelligibility construct. Finally, the paper brings concluding remarks about the investigation of intelligibility and possible implications for the classroom ...

The present paper reviews the literature in the area of English pronunciation instruction. It sta... more The present paper reviews the literature in the area of English pronunciation instruction. It starts by focusing on the way it has been addressed by different approaches to Second Language Teaching, from Direct Approaches to Communicative Methodologies. Then textbooks and pronunciation manuals are analyzed. Finally, data from empirical research is summarized. The conclusion is that there no integration between research and the production of materials for pronunciation instruction. Also, communicative aspects and the student’s mother tongue are not taken into account.

The current study investigates the intelligibility of English high front vowels by focusing on ac... more The current study investigates the intelligibility of English high front vowels by focusing on acoustic features of these vowels produced by Brazilian learners. Data were supplied with a sentence reading test containing carrier words with the vowels // and //, which was recorded by 20 Brazilians. An acoustic criterion based on spectral proximity was set to observe whether listeners were sensitive to differences in the first frequency of the vowels produced by the speakers. The listeners were 32 speakers of English from 11 different L1 backgrounds who took an intelligibility test in which they had to orthographically transcribe the missing target-words in the test sentences. Results showed that the tense vowel was the most unintelligible as it was generally mistranscribed by its lax counterpart. In a qualitative analysis, taking into consideration the carrier lexical item, it was found that other phonological processes present in the carrier words, such as consonant devoicing and p...

Veredas - Revista de Estudos Linguísticos, 2019

This study investigated the intelligibility of English verbs in the simple past inserted in sente... more This study investigated the intelligibility of English verbs in the simple past inserted in sentences. The verbs were produced by two adult native speakers of English and six adult nonnative speakers, and they were transcribedby 13 adult Brazilian listeners. Results indicated that the intelligibility rate of regular verbs was similar to the irregular ones, and that the intelligibility of verbs produced by BP talkers was similar to the Spanish talkers. The intelligibility rate of German talkers, on the other hand, was lower than the intelligibility of BP and Spanish talkers but higher than the intelligibility of verbs produced by native speakers.

Revista Horizontes de Linguistica Aplicada, 2015

The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, w... more The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, which has also been proposed as one of the goals in pronunciation instruction. Studies carried out on this construct in Brazil are revisited (BECKER, 2013; CRUZ, 2005; 2006; 2008, 2012a, 2012b; CRUZ; PEREIRA, 2006; GONÇALVES, 2014; REIS; CRUZ, 2010; RIELLA, 2013; SCHADECH, 2013), and their main findings are discussed taking into account Jenkins’ (2002) Lingua Franca core. Furthermore, methodological issues are discussed, pointing out the different foci of the studies conducted in Brazil, the variables examined by the Brazilian studies at present, and the myriad of variables contemplated by international studies that still need investigation in the Brazilian context. Some of these variables are related to the speaker/listener or are of linguistic nature (e.g., L2 proficiency, accent familiarity, lexical frequency), all of which could help us to understand the intelligibility construct. Fin...

Matraga - Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UERJ, 2017

Ilha do Desterro, 2024

Working Papers em Linguística

Estudos linguísticos e internacionalização na educação superior, 2023

Veredas, Dec 19, 2022

Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, 2013

Fórum Linguístico

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Dec 1, 2018

Veredas - Revista de Estudos Linguísticos, 2019

Revista Horizontes de Linguistica Aplicada, 2015

The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, w... more The current paper addresses intelligibility, a dimension used to assess second language speech, which has also been proposed as one of the goals in pronunciation instruction. Studies carried out on this construct in Brazil are revisited (BECKER, 2013; CRUZ, 2005; 2006; 2008, 2012a, 2012b; CRUZ; PEREIRA, 2006; GONÇALVES, 2014; REIS; CRUZ, 2010; RIELLA, 2013; SCHADECH, 2013), and their main findings are discussed taking into account Jenkins’ (2002) Lingua Franca core. Furthermore, methodological issues are discussed, pointing out the different foci of the studies conducted in Brazil, the variables examined by the Brazilian studies at present, and the myriad of variables contemplated by international studies that still need investigation in the Brazilian context. Some of these variables are related to the speaker/listener or are of linguistic nature (e.g., L2 proficiency, accent familiarity, lexical frequency), all of which could help us to understand the intelligibility construct. Fin...

Matraga - Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UERJ, 2017