Research Article

The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects

Volume: 16 Number: 66 December 15, 2016
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The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects

Abstract

Problem Statement: Despite analyses of how vocal training methods can correct or improve Turkish-language accent defects, for most voice educators, the most important methods continue to be breathe management control and correct vocalization exercises. We therefore sought to demonstrate the relationship of song lyrics to breathe control, accent defects, and good diction.

Propose of Study: The aim of the study was to promote best practices in order to enhance students’ speech in a university music department in Turkey. To that end, we administered vocal training in a group of 12 first-year student volunteers in the department. We recorded and evaluated differences in accent defects both prior to and subsequent to vocal training.

Methods: The sample included 12 first-year students in the Music Department of the Fine Arts Faculty at Erciyes University. We determined pre- and post-test results by using the same oral readings (“Minnelied,” meaning ‘Mutluluk Sarkisi’ in Turkish). Prior to the study, the students read song lyrics chosen by voice education specialists and that were translated and adapted into Turkish. We performed testing with the Vitalograph Alpha Model 6000 portable spirometer, which we used to analyze the parameters of forced vital capacity, forced expiration volume during the first second, and vital capacity, as well as PRAAT vocal analysis.  Afterward, the students read the text again, and we collected pre-and post-analysis data by using PRAAT vocal analysis. We analyzed accent defects in the words “insan,” “ormanda,” “gezerken,” “guzel,” “oter,” and “kopardigin” for intensity, intensity in air, amplitude, and pitch.

Findings and Results: Following voice training, FEV1 (p < .05) increased significantly, whereas vital capacity and forced vital capacity did not change significantly. Vocal analysis revealed that the amplitude of the words “insan,” “ormanda,”“gezerken,”“guzel,”“oter,”and“kopardigin” (p < .05) increased significantly. For the words “ormanda” and “gezerken,” intensity (p < .05 and p < .001) increased significantly, as did intensity in air (p < .05) for “guzel,” “oter” and “kopardigin.”

Conculusion and Recommandation: Students’ voice lessons in the Music Department can benefit from vocal training methods that significantly improve accent defects and expressions, as well as assist in breath management. This methodology ultimately promoted the correct expression of Turkish words.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Kivanc Aycan * This is me

Publication Date

December 15, 2016

Submission Date

December 15, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 16 Number: 66

APA
Aycan, K., & Evren, G. F. (2016). The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 16(66), 299-314. https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ
AMA
1.Aycan K, Evren GF. The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2016;16(66):299-314. https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ
Chicago
Aycan, Kivanc, and Gul Fahriye Evren. 2016. “The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 16 (66): 299-314. https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ.
EndNote
Aycan K, Evren GF (December 1, 2016) The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 16 66 299–314.
IEEE
[1]K. Aycan and G. F. Evren, “The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 16, no. 66, pp. 299–314, Dec. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ
ISNAD
Aycan, Kivanc - Evren, Gul Fahriye. “The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 16/66 (December 1, 2016): 299-314. https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ.
JAMA
1.Aycan K, Evren GF. The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2016;16:299–314.
MLA
Aycan, Kivanc, and Gul Fahriye Evren. “The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 16, no. 66, Dec. 2016, pp. 299-14, https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ.
Vancouver
1.Kivanc Aycan, Gul Fahriye Evren. The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 1;16(66):299-314. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA85LL58GZ