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Journal Article
Dialectal Differences in the Perceptive Intelligibility of Iraqi EFL Learners
2025
Overview
Objectives: This study investigates the dialectal variations in perceptive speech intelligibility among Iraqi EFL learners at the university level, focusing on the influence of Accent Familiarity (AF). The study aims to reveal the influence of students' regional dialects, Gilit and Qeltu, on perceptive intelligibility due to their exposure to matched accent familiarity, mismatched accent familiarity, and unfamiliar accent familiarity. Methods: The participants were 20 male and female students from the 3rd grade at the Department of English, College of Education for Humanities, University of Anbar, during the academic year 2023-2024. The participants were divided between \"Gilit\"-speaking and \"Qeltu\"-speaking students. A quantitative design was used to investigate dialectal differences in perceptive intelligibility among Iraqi EFL learners, and a Perceptive Intelligibility Test was employed to collect the data. The data was presented through three different accents: Iraqi accent, British accent, and German accent. All these accents delivered an English context. Results: The results revealed that there is no significant difference between the two dialects, Gilit and Qeltu, in perceptive intelligibility. Additionally, there is no significant difference between the two dialects in matched accent familiarity, mismatched accent familiarity, or unfamiliar accent familiarity. Conclusion: These findings conclude that the dialectal differences between Gilit and Qeltu speakers have no significant impact on perceptive intelligibility across matched, mismatched, or unfamiliar accents. This study offers valuable insights for phonologists, highlighting the interplay between accent familiarity, learners' dialects, and speech intelligibility in an EFL context. Recommendation: The study proposes several practical recommendations for improving pronunciation instruction in Iraqi EFL contexts such as incorporating intelligibility training, diversifying accent exposure, adopting inclusive pronunciation models, developing methodological frameworks.
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جامعة النجاح الوطنية
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