Influence Of L1 And L2 On The Pronunciation Of Loanwords In Japanese

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This article examines the influence of the native language (L1) and the first foreign language (L2) on the pronunciation of loanwords in Japanese.One of the problems that this study focuses on is the phonetic errors made by Russian-speaking students of the Japanese language due to their previously acquired knowledge of L1 and L2.How do the first foreign language (English) and native language (Russian) affect Japanese pronunciation?What mistakes do students make, what is the cause of these mistakes?This article attempts to present the results of our research, the main goal of which is to identify the influence of the Russian and English languages on the Acquisition of Japanese phonetics by Russianspeaking students.The material of the practical research was the results of a quantitative and qualitative research conducted among students of the stream "Oriental And African studies", studying Japanese as the main oriental language at the Ural Federal University (Russia, Yekaterinburg).In May and December 2019, we conducted oral tests in the form of reading aloud an unfamiliar Japanese text without prior preparation.Some of the mistakes made by students are caused by negative interference of the first foreign language (English), some -by the influence of their native language (Russian).According to quantitative calculations, students made twice as many intonation errors than pronunciation errors.The results obtained in the course of the study will improve the quality of teaching Japanese to Russianspeaking students and will also help Japanese language learners avoid such mistakes.

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