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Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self‐ and Other‐Assessment
Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 832-862, September 2025.Abstract Research on second language (L2) pronunciation self‐assessment reports a general misalignment between self‐ and other‐assessment. This has been attributed to the object of self‐assessment, the self‐assessment task, the measures to which self‐assessment is compared, and speakers’ characteristics.
Cesar Teló he/him +3 more
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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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Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue S1, Page 204-241, September 2025.Abstract This study investigated the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and signal detection processes to generate meaningful visual and ChatGPT‐like narrative feedback on second language (L2) English intelligibility. To test the effects and perceptions of such techniques, three groups of learners (N = 90) received visual and narrative feedback
Kevin Hirschi +4 more
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Foreign Language Annals, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 346-366, Summer 2025.Abstract Although the distinction between explicit and implicit (automatized) knowledge of second or foreign language (L2) is of crucial importance to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and research, it has thus far not been directly applied to L2 pronunciation.
Mirosław Pawlak
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Is the Shadowing Method Effective in Improving Accentedness and Intelligibility? [PDF]
, 2016 This study reports the results of a preliminary study on the effectiveness of the shadowing method for the pronunciation improvement of novice learners (A1) in Japan. Dlaska and Krekeler (2013) investigated the impact of implicit and explicit feedback on
中山, 誠一, 3188
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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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Removing the Disguise: The Matched Guise Technique, Incongruity, and Listener Awareness
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 194-209, June 2025.ABSTRACT Sociophonetic perception is often studied using versions of the matched guise technique (MGT). Linguists using this technique appear united in the methodological assumptions that participants believe the manipulation and that this belief influences perception below the level of introspective awareness.
Kyler Laycock, Kevin B. McGowan
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, 2023 Accurately classifying accents and assessing accentedness in non-native speakers are both challenging tasks due to the complexity and diversity of accent and dialect variations. In this study, embeddings from advanced pre-trained language identification (
Hansen, John H. L., Ghorbani, Shahram
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Reexamining L2 accent: How much can personality explain?
Ilha do Desterro, 2017 Previous studies have shown that learners’ individual differences (e.g., motivation, age) can impact second language learners’ pronunciation. This study focused on one individual difference that has received relatively little attention, namely ...
Germán Zárate-Sández
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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 +3 more
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