Relatore Chiar mo Prof. Graziano Serragiotto Correlatore

Possible answers 
to Q9 (a) 
Q9 (b) 
Possible answers to Q4 (c) 
Average Answers Q4 
(d) 
Always (1) 
20,7% 
Yes, I feel comfortable (1) 
1,2 
Often (2) 
51,1% 
Sometimes I feel uncomfortable (2) 
1,5 
Rarely (3) 
23,8% 
I always feel uncomfortable (3) 
1,9 
Never (4) 
4,4% 
1,9 
Table 11: Correlation between Q9 and Q4 

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Possible answers to 
Q9 (a) 
Q9 (b) 
Possible answers to Q5 (c) 
Average Answers Q5 
(d) 
Always (1) 
20,7% 
Yes, I find it very difficult (1) 
2,6 
Often (2) 
51,1% 
I find it somewhat difficult (2) 
2,4 
Rarely (3) 
23,8% 
No, I find it easy (3) 
1,9 
Never (4) 
4,4% 
1,8 
Table 12: Correlation between Q9 and Q5
 
Possible answers to Q9 
(a) 
Q9 (b) 
Possible answers to Q6 (c) 
Average Answers 
Q6 (d) 
Always (1) 
20,7% 
Yes, I find it difficult to pronounce 
many words (1) 
2,5 
Often (2) 
51,1% 
Yes, I find it difficult to 
pronounce some words (2) 
2,2 
Rarely (3) 
23,8% 
No, I find it easy to pronounce all 
the words (3) 
2,0 
Never (4) 
4,4% 
1,7 
Table 13: Correlation between Q9 and Q6 
Concerning the techniques used by the teachers to teach pronunciation, the vast majority of 
the pupils (about 98%) confirmed that their teacher uses articulatory descriptions in order to explain 
how to pronounce the most problematic English sounds (Graph 73); in fact, most of the teachers 
(about 85%) claimed to use this technique. 

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Graph 73: Q7- the results as percentage 
All the pupils confirmed that their teacher uses the technique that involves repeating sounds, 
words or sentences produced by the teacher or by other sources. The majority of them (about 76%) 
also confirmed that this technique is used frequently (Graph 74). 
Graph 74: Q8- the results as percentage 
The vast majority of the pupils (95,6%) confirmed that their teacher uses the technique that 
involves reading aloud/recitation, and more than half of the pupils (52,4%) confirmed that this 
technique is used frequently (Graph 75). 
97,8%
2,2%
Q7: Does you teacher explain to you how to 
pronounce the most difficult English words? 
Yes
No
76,2%
23,8%
Q8: Does your teacher make you do exercises in 
which you repeat what s/he said or what you 
heard from other sources?
Yes, often
Yes, sometimes
No, never

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Graph 75: Q13 - the results as percentage 
The vast majority of the pupils (98,2%) confirmed that their teacher uses the technique that 
involves singing songs and nursery rhymes in English, and more than half of the pupils (56,8%) 
confirmed that this technique is used frequently (Graph 76). 
Graph 76: Q22- the results as percentage