This study examines how the tonal alignment in LI influences the production of L2 prosody, focusing on the realization of English L*+H pitch accent (i.e., listing contour) produced by Mandarin Chinese speakers.
This literature review traces the development of motivation in second-language acquisition, a field that has evolved from basic associations between affective factors and second-language performance to nuanced approaches of how motivation is shaped by a learner’s subjective cognition.