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Automatic Accentedness Evaluation of Non-Native Speech Using Phonetic and Sub-Phonetic Posterior Probabilities [PDF]

, 2020
Automatic evaluation of non-native speech accentedness has potential implications for not only language learning and accent identification systems but also for speaker and speech recognition systems.
Alexandre Nanchen, Ramya Rasipuram, Mathew Magimai-Doss, Milos Cernak   +3 more
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Students smarter than teachers? Gen Z EFL student perceptions of English pronunciation learning and teaching

EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
Generation 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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Speak clearly, connect globally: The integration of pronunciation and intercultural communicative competence in L2 learning

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
This classroom-based study examines how student teachers of English perceive pronunciation constructs: comprehensibility, intelligibility, accentedness, and intercultural communicative competence (ICC), after completing a research-led pronunciation task.
Pedro Luis Luchini
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Fluency, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 speech: Examining the role of visual and acoustic information in listener judgments

Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to examine (a) the effects of audio-visual information and (b) the role of temporal measurements associated with the perceptual ratings of fluency, accentedness, comprehensibility, pronunciation, and oral proficiency
Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt
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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, Idée Edalatishams, Abdulsamad Humaidan, Saad G. Yaseen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic dimensions of l2 accentedness and comprehensibility vary across speaking tasks [PDF]

, 2017
This study critically examined the previously reported partial independence between second language (L2) accentedness (degree to which L2 speech differs from the target variety) and comprehensibility (ease of understanding).
Saito, Kazuya, Saito, K, Kazuya Saito, Isaacs, T, Crowther, D., Pavel Trofimovich, Trofimovich, P, Crowther, D, Dustin Crowther, Isaacs, T., Trofimovich, P., Talia Isaacs   +11 more
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Fostering Global Englishes Listeners: Addressing Understanding and Attitudes at a Swedish Upper‐Secondary School

TESOL Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 4, Page 2234-2264, December 2025.
Abstract Global Englishes language teaching (GELT) promotes, among other things, positive attitudes and maximized understanding to communicate with speakers with a variety of accents. However, research on GELT‐informed listening training is rare, and none has addressed both attitudes and understanding of diverse accents.
Hyeseung Jeong, Stephanie Lindemann, Julia Forsberg, Hanna Ribbeklint   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Automatic Accentedness Evaluation of Non-Native Speech Using Phonetic and Sub-Phonetic Posterior Probabilities [PDF]

Automatic evaluation of non-native speech accentedness has potential implications for not only language learning and accent identification systems but also for speaker and speech recognition systems.
Rasipuram, Ramya, Magimai.-Doss, Mathew, Cernak, Milos, Nanchen, Alexandre   +3 more
core   +3 more sources