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<journal-id>1409-4703</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Actualidades Investigativas en Educación]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-4703</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigación en Educación, Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1409-47032019000300033</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/aie.v19i3.38629</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[English vowel sounds: pronunciation issues and student and faculty perceptions]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sonidos vocálicos en inglés: los problemas de pronunciación y la percepción de estudiantes y de personas instructoras]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garita Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Rosario]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Lutz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Isabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solís Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nathalia]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Recinto de Paraíso ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Estadística ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Recinto de Paraíso ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>33</fpage>
<lpage>67</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-47032019000300033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-47032019000300033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-47032019000300033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article presents the results of the research project named Longitudinal Study of the Pronunciation of Vowel Sounds in English of Students from the Bachelor Degree in English Teaching at the Paraíso Campus of the University of Costa Rica. The project was conducted from 2015 to 2018, and it responded to the researchers&#8217; concern to find out which are the most troublesome pronunciation areas for learners. The main objective of this investigation was to determine the most difficult English vowel sounds to pronounce for the learners in their first, second and third year of their major. The study also examined the students&#8217; and professors&#8217; perception in relation to the difficulty of these vowels sounds. As for the methodology, the study followed a correlational design within a mixed method approach that encompassed a total of 57 students divided into two groups. To gather the data, the students&#8217; pronunciation was recorded and surveys were administered to learners and instructors. The data obtained from the recordings was processed using logistic regression; the vowels were organized from the most difficult to the easiest, and then the findings were compared to the data obtained from the surveys. The results revealed that the three most difficult vowels for students were /&#618;/, /æ/ and /&#650;/. The findings also showed discrepancies in the vowel sounds that learners and teachers perceived as difficult in comparison to the pronunciation difficulty found in the recordings. These significant differences have an impact not only on the decisions that instructors make, but also on the students&#8217; awareness of their pronunciation problems.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este artículo presenta los resultados del proyecto de investigación denominado Estudio longitudinal de la pronunciación de los sonidos vocálicos en inglés en estudiantes del Bachillerato en la Enseñanza del Inglés del Recinto de Paraíso de la Universidad de Costa Rica. El proyecto respondió a la preocupación de las investigadoras por descubrir cuáles son los problemas de pronunciación más significativos para el alumnado de la carrera. El objetivo principal fue determinar cuáles son los sonidos vocálicos en inglés más difíciles de pronunciar para un grupo de estudiantes en su primer, segundo y tercer año de carrera. El estudio también examinó la percepción del estudiantado y de las personas instructoras en relación con la dificultad de estos sonidos vocálicos. En cuanto a la metodología, el estudio siguió un diseño correlacional dentro de un enfoque mixto, que abarcó un total de 57 estudiantes divididos en dos grupos. Los resultados de las grabaciones se procesaron por medio de regresión logística; las vocales fueron organizadas de la más difícil a la más fácil, posteriormente, los resultados fueron comparados con la información obtenida de las encuestas. Los resultados revelaron que las tres vocales más difíciles para los estudiantes fueron /&#618;/, /æ/ y /&#650;/. Los hallazgos también mostraron discrepancias entre los sonidos vocálicos que estudiantes y personas instructoras consideraron difíciles en comparación con los resultados del análisis de las grabaciones. Estas diferencias tienen un impacto no solo en las decisiones que toma el equipo docente, sino también en la concienciación del alumnado sobre sus problemas de pronunciación.]]></p></abstract>
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