Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.22210/strjez/50-2/7
Students’ assessment of the importance of acquiring proper pronunciation of Hungarian as a foreign language
Kristina Katalinić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-9263
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Abstract
Studying and acquiring proper pronunciation in philological studies primarily depends on the study programme itself, the number of lessons foreseen for language exercises and other language courses, as well as on the competence of the teachers who teach in that study programme. This paper aims to illustrate how much, in addition to imparting theoretical knowledge within the Hungarian Studies Programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, practical exercises for proper pronunciation are taught, within the framework of which courses, and in what way. Furthermore, the phonological features of the Hungarian language shall be briefly presented in comparison to the Croatian language, with an emphasis on elements which represent challenges for adult beginners in pronunciation acquisition. In the third part of the paper, the results of a study conducted among the students of Hungarian Studies shall be presented. This study was aimed at examining the importance of proper pronunciation in acquiring Hungarian as a foreign language from their perspective in order to obtain potential guidelines for improving the existing study programme and creating a new one.
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270397
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Publication date:
16.12.2021.
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