MATANAO NATIONAL HIGH

SCHOOL

RESEARCH PAPER

TITLE:

CULTURAL ETHNICITY, EFFECTS

Submitted to:

Mr. Sherwin Dela Peña

Submitted by:

Nashryel P. Largo
Andrea Vera A. Alejandro
Dalton Zoe A. Rabe
Irene Panerio
 ABSTRACT
In recent years, the research about the cultural ethnicity and

pronunciation has been gaining ground in the literature. Some studies have

been done in different context.

In relationship to this, some examines the influence of the non-native

speakers in using foreign language. As a result the non-native speakers should

always be guided and always learn the correct pronunciation in foreign

language.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE - 1
ABSTRATC - 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS - 3

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION - 4
RESEARCH QUESTION - 5
SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY - 6
THEORITICAL LENS - 7

CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE- 8

CHAPTER III
RESEARCH DESIGN - 10
RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS - 10
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT - 10
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Ethnicity thus refers in its most restricted form to a group’s shared

biological origins. But in any complex society intermarriage between diverse

groups occurs. Thus ethnicity is often more correctly thought of as the way

people perceive their own origins rather than a biological fact. While ethnicity

in its narrow sense comes close to clan or race in meaning, in its broader

definition ethnicity more closely resembles the concept of nationality. So when

nineteenth-century nationalists praised the long historical existence and

glorious past of, say, the German or Lithuanian nations, they did so in ethnic

terms. Nation, a more political term, in this way became defined and

propagandized as a function of ethnicity.

1. How does Cultural Ethnicity effects students pronunciation?

2. Does it affects the effective communication?

3. What is the importance of Cultural identity in the needs of

learning the correct pronunciation?

This study aims to understand the literature in terms of pronunciation.

Specifically, it will examine the Cultural identity as a factor that potentially

influencing the accent in pronunciation of English.

Connection to this, the relationship between cultural ethnicity and

pronunciation has an important content in the field of English.

This study, helps the teachers and students to be aware in

pronunciation goals and expressing their cultural identity through the use of

accent.
 THEORETICAL LENS

CULTURAL
ETHNICITY

NON-
NATIVE
NATIVE
SPEAKER
SPEAKER

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

We observe that if someone learns to speak foreign language, their

native language influences their speaking pronunciation and the production

that language. It is the most topic of interest to many researchers and

linguistics, and the factors that influence to the non-native speakers that leads

the production and outcome of the second language.

In this chapter we will define the meaning of pronunciation in how it is

related to cultural ethnicity .

PRONUNCIATION

Is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to

generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or

language in a specific dialect ("correct pronunciation"), or simply the way a

particular individual speaks a word or language.

A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or

groups, depending on many factors, such as: the duration of the cultural

exposure of their childhood, the location of their current

residence, speech or voice disorders,[1] their ethnic group, their social class, or

their education.

CULTURAL ETHNICITY

Ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other, usually

on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry or on similarities

such common language or dialect, history, society, culture or nation. Ethnicity

of ethnic nationalism, and is separate from but related to the concept of races.

Ethnicity is usually an inherited status based on the society in which one lives.

Membership of an ethnic group tends to be defined by a shared cultural

heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language or dialect,

symbolic systems such as religion, mythologyand ritual, cuisine, dressing

style, art or physical appearance. Ethnic groups often continue to

speak related languages and share a similar gene pool. By way of language

shift, acculturation, adoption and religious conversion, it is sometimes

possible for individuals or groups to leave one ethnic group and become part

of another (except for ethnic groups emphasizing homogeneity or racial

purity as a key membership criterion).

The largest ethnic groups in modern times comprise hundreds of

millions of individuals (Han Chinese being the largest), while the smallest are

limited to a few dozen individuals (numerous indigenous peoples worldwide).

Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups or tribes , which over time

may become separate ethnic groups themselves due to endogamy or physical

isolation from the parent group. Conversely, formerly separate ethnicities can

merge to form a pan-ethnicity (such as Han Chinese) and may

eventually merge into one single ethnicity. Whether through division or

amalgamation, the formation of a separate ethnic identity is referred to

as ethno genesis.
 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH DESIGN

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between

cultural ethnicity and pronunciation. To gain further insights and ideas

about this topic we use questioners for the participants.

RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

The participants are the following:

1. 30 students from different ethnic groups.

2. The researchers

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS

1. Questioners