چکیده:
The present paper sought to investigate gender differences in the speech pauses made by Iranian bilingual (L1: Turkish and L2: Persian) learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). To this end, the pauses made by males and females were compared. Via an Oxford Placement test, a convenient sample of 40 bilingual advanced EFL male and female learners were selected from several English language institutes in Tehran, Iran. Three reading passages (English, Persian, and Turkish) were used to measure students’ fluency in terms of their speech pauses in the texts they read. As learners started to read the passages, their speeches were recorded. The collected data were analyzed by means of Praat Software. The data were analyzed in terms of the frequency and duration of the recorded pauses. The results indicated that that there were not any statistically significant differences between males and females regarding their pause frequency and duration across languages. Accordingly, the results represented more similarity than difference across the groups. The implications of the study are discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Candidate Department of Language and Literature, Yazd University, Iran Abstract The present paper sought to investigate gender differences in the speech pauses made by Iranian bilingual (L1: Turkish and L2: Persian) learners of English as a foreign language (EFL).
The results indicated that that there were not any statistically significant differences between males and females regarding their pause frequency and duration across languages.
Do female EFL learners differ from their male counterparts in the frequency of the pauses produced when they are reading English, Persian, and Turkish passages?
Accordingly, the following hypotheses were formulated: H1: Female EFL learners differ from their male counterparts in the frequency of the pauses produced when they are reading English, Persian, and Turkish passages.
H2: Female EFL learners differ from their male counterparts in the duration of the pauses produced when they are reading English, Persian, and Turkish passages.
H2: Female EFL learners differ from their male counterparts in the duration of the pauses produced when they are reading English, Persian, and Turkish passages.
Findings Analysis of the Data: First Research Question One of the objectives of the study was to find the difference between males and females in the frequency of pauses they produced in English, Persian, and Turkish.
Two-Way ANOVA for the Interaction between Language and Gender with Regard to Pause Duration {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Discussion and Conclusion The first research question was to find the difference between males and females in the frequency of pauses they produced in English, Persian, and Turkish.