Whitworth, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-5413 (2024) Learning to produce and transcribe cardinal vowels: speech and language therapy students’ perception of task difficulty. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 39 (1). pp. 38-56.

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Abstract

Learning vowel transcription skills is crucial to function as a Speechand Language Therapist (SLT). However, vowel transcription is commonly regarded as particularly difficult and therefore often avoided.Despite the importance of accurate transcriptions, little is known about all the factors that influence the process of learning voweltranscription, which usually includes the learning of the CardinalVowel (CV) system. There are only a few studies that investigate how CVs are learnt and what factors lead to successful learning. The current study reports students’ perceived difficulty of producing and transcribing CVs as a first step to identify how perceived difficulty affectsphonetic learning. Perceived difficulty ratings for the production andtranscription of 12 CVs collected from 155 students studying towardsa qualification as an SLT were analysed. The results show that the classificatory features correlate with the perceived task difficulty ofproduction and transcription. Implications for teaching are outlined.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	doi10.1080/02699206.2024.2336252
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/12730

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