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Ilha do Desterro, 2017 This study reports on an experimental research carried out with 50 Spanish-L1 trainees, divided into 2 groups: A & B. Both groups were presented with a traditional-teacher centered approach based on controlled exercises (repetition, imitation), but group
Pedro Luis Luchini
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LanguagesThis paper aims to investigate the Thai monophthong pronunciation of Chinese students speaking Thai as a second language (L2), and to examine how native Thai listeners perceived these Chinese-accented Thai monophthongs.
Peng Hou, Sarawut Kraisame
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Speech Characteristics of Japanese Speakers Affecting American and Japanese Listener Evaluations
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2010 The study examines what pronunciation features (i.e., segmental and suprasegmental features, as well as other acoustic properties such as speech rate, intensity, pitch, and pitch range) affect the intelligibility of Japanese learners of English, when ...
Atsuko Kashiwagi, Michael Snyder
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EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and LanguagesGeneration Z L2 learners, who are immersed in English audiovisual content from an early age, might feel more comfortable with the pronunciation of English than their Generation X or Millennial non-native EFL teachers.
Elina Banzina
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World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores ways in which multilingual English listeners react to and rate three varieties of Asian English in three presentational modes: audio only, audiovisual and audiovisual with a face mask. Using a speech intelligibility framework, the study examines the extent to which presentational mode affects intelligibility and listener ...
Jette G. Hansen Edwards, Mary L. Zampini
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Accented Epidermal Thinking: How Vocal Accent Reinforces the Visibility of Race
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 894-903, February 2026.ABSTRACT This conceptual article introduces the notion of accented epidermal thinking, which refers to the ways in which the perception, voicing, and discussion of vocal accent all reinforce or accent the idea of race being a visual construct. The article explores how accented epidermal thinking manifests itself in three areas.
Vijay A. Ramjattan
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Speech Characteristics of Japanese Speakers Affecting American and Japanese Listener Evaluations
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015 The study examines what pronunciation features (i.e., segmental and suprasegmental features, as well as other acoustic properties such as speech rate, intensity, pitch, and pitch range) affect the intelligibility of Japanese learners of English, when ...
Atsuko Kashiwagi, Michael Snyder
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ASR‐Dictation Accuracy for Second Language Speech: Programs, Tasks, and Language Backgrounds
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Over the last 20 years, automatic speech recognition (ASR) has improved substantially and spread into people’s everyday lives through hands‐free texting and intelligent personal assistants. ASR has also gained recognition within the field of second language learning as the transcript provided by ASR programs can support noticing of pronunciation errors.
Shannon McCrocklin +3 more
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Detection of Non-native Speaker Status from Backwards and Vocoded Content-masked Speech
Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2021 This paper addresses the issue of speech rhythm as a cue to non-native pronunciation. In natural recordings, it is impossible to disentangle rhythm from segmental, subphonemic or suprasegmental features that may influence nativeness ratings.
Arkadiusz Rojczyk, Andrzej Porzuczek
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Accentedness, Comprehensibility, Intelligibility, and Interpretability of NNESTs [PDF]
The CATESOL Journal, 2008 Forty ESL students responded to extemporaneous stimuli produced by 4 ESL teachers of different language backgrounds. The listeners rated each stimulus for foreign accentedness and comprehensibility (estimation of difficulty in understanding an utterance) on 9-point scales. They also answered comprehension questions to measure speakers’ interpretability
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