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Intelligibility-based Instruction and English as a lingua franca

Research in Language
This paper draws heavily from my previous work on intelligibility (Hodgetts, 2020). It advocates basing pronunciation instruction on intelligibility goals, rather than native-like production goals and investigates the research available on the segmental
John Hodgetts
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A Meta‐Analysis of Accent Bias in Employee Interviews: The Effects of Gender and Accent Stereotypes, Interview Modality, and Other Moderating Features

International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT To address concerns of subtle discrimination against stigmatized groups, we meta‐analyze the magnitude and moderators of bias against non‐standard accents in employment interview evaluations. Results from a multi‐level random‐effects meta‐analysis (unique effects: k = 41, N = 7,596; multi‐level effects accounting for dependencies: k = 120, N = 
Henri T. Maindidze, Jason G. Randall, Michelle P. Martin‐Raugh, Katrisha M. Smith   +3 more
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Place‐Based Accentedness Ratings Do Not Predict Sensitivity to Regional Features

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 74-92, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Discussions of sociolinguistic awareness are often about how patterns observed in one practice (often linguistic production) appear in others (often person perception or metalinguistic commentary). Models like Labov's indicator/marker/stereotype trichotomy force this complexity into a single dimension, due to presupposing a conscious ...
Kathryn Campbell‐Kibler
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Training ESL students to reproduce beat gestures in discourse leads to L2 pronunciation improvements

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
The main goal of the present study is to assess whether training foreign language students to reproduce natural beat gestures in discourse can trigger pronunciation gains.
Pilar Prieto, Olga Kushch , Joan Borràs-Comes, Daria Gluhareva, Carmen Pérez-Vidal   +4 more
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The Effect of ICPT (Innovative Cued Pronunciation Training) on Elementary Level Iranian EFL Students' Pronunciation Accuracy and Accent Appropriateness [PDF]

Technology Assisted Language Education
This article investigates the effects of a homework-based pronunciation training method called Innovative Cued Pronunciation Training (ICPT) on Iranian EFL learners’ pronunciation and accent skills. It reviews the historical and theoretical background of
Mohammadreza Mohammadzadeh, Aram Reza Sadeghy Benis   +1 more
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Does Teaching Your Native Language Abroad Increase L1 Attrition of Speech? The Case of Spaniards in the United Kingdom

Languages, 2020
The present study examines the perceived L1 accent of two groups of native Spaniards in the United Kingdom, Spanish teachers, and non-teachers, alongside monolingual controls in Spain.
Robert Mayr, David Sánchez, Ineke Mennen   +2 more
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Categorization of second language accents by bilingual and multilingual listeners

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 425-438, September 2024.
Abstract This study examines how listeners categorize second language (L2) accents and how their linguistic background affects this categorization. Ninety‐eight adult bilingual and multilingual Greek listeners categorized accents in a familiar (British English)–unfamiliar (Australian English) L2 accent condition.
Georgios P. Georgiou
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Reimagining Accents and Speech Recognition with Sociolinguistic Perception Studies and Research on Listening Subjects

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 5, Page 360-362, November 2025.
Kinga Koźmińska
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Cognitive and Sociopsychological Individual Differences, Experience, and Naturalistic Second Language Speech Learning: A Longitudinal Study

Language Learning, Volume 74, Issue 1, Page 5-40, March 2024.
Abstract This study longitudinally examined the effects of cognitive and sociopsychological individual differences (aptitude, motivation, personality) and the quantity and quality of second language (L2) experience on L2 speech gains in naturalistic settings. We elicited L2 spontaneous speech from 50 Chinese learners of English at the beginning and the
Hui Sun, Kazuya Saito, Jean‐Marc Dewaele   +2 more
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“Our study offers insight into…” Rhetorical promotion in English and Spanish conference abstracts

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 134-149, February 2024.
Abstract The conference abstract (CA) is an important promotional academic genre that allows scholars to introduce their research to their peers as a conference presentation if the proposal is accepted by the reviewing gatekeepers. However, few studies have explored the CA in specific disciplines and no studies have examined this genre from an ...
Pedro Martín, Sally Burgess
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