Pronunciación en lengua extranjera e identidad

Abstract

This paper explores the association between pronunciation and identity in the context of teaching/learning a foreign language. Many foreign language students try to achieve a native accent so as to be accepted by others implies to the group of speakers from the target language; prefer to keep their own accent as a mark of identity. Thus, this work emphasizes how speaking a foreign language a change of identity, both socially and personally. It also illustrates some results of research about the beliefs that teachers of Spanish as a foreign language hold on the teaching/learning of pronunciation (Usó, 2007).