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Speaking anxiety and task complexity effects on second language speech
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 292-315, February 2024.Abstract The association between speaking anxiety and L2 speech production, including L2 pronunciation, remains largely under‐researched, especially in relation to task complexity. The present study investigates the effect of task complexity on speaking anxiety and their impact on specific dimensions of L2 speech production: speaking fluency (speed ...
Joan C. Mora +2 more
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Education Research International, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.The current research aimed to know the effect of phonological and phonetic interventions in enhancing proficiency in English pronunciation and oral reading among teacher trainees. This study was of single‐group pretest and posttest intervention designs.
Diwakar Prahaladaiah +2 more
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Non-native Production of Thai: Acoustic Measurements and Accentedness Ratings
Applied Linguistics, 1997 In this study, productions of 10 Thai words with an five tones, namely high, mid, low, falling and rising were elicited from 3 native Thai speakers and 6 native English speakers, who had learned Thai in adulthood. A variety of acoustic measurements including voice onset time of the initial consonant, vowel length.
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Acta PsychologicaThis study, using an embedded mixed-methods design, investigated how technology-assisted consciousness-raising training (CRT) optimizes prosodic processing in L2 speech.
Ümit Yıldız +2 more
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Understanding accentedness in heritage language English speakers: Key predictors
Bilingualism: Language and CognitionAbstract Adult heritage language (HL) speakers often exhibit subtle phonetic-phonological variations (“accentedness”) that diverge from the patterns of the language spoken at home. Perception of accentedness may also be influenced by the listener’s linguistic background.
Sidney Gordon, Natalia Meir
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Emerging bilinguals’ attitudes towards target pronunciation
KáñinaThis research explores how 95 English-dominant emerging bilinguals perceive English-accented Spanish across varying proficiency levels. The study examined the impact of self-reported Spanish language proficiency in the dimensions of Spanish grammar ...
Benjamin J. Souza, Tyler K Anderson
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Open science: Considerations and issues for TESOL research
TESOL Quarterly, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 537-556, March 2024.
Ali H. Al‐Hoorie +6 more
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThis study examines how Levantine Arabic learners acquire English lexical stress—a suprasegmental feature closely tied to intelligibility, comprehensibility, and perceived accentedness.
Mohammed Nour Abu-Guba +1 more
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Nonlinguistic Factors that Affect the Degree of Foreign Accent in Second Language Mandarin
Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2019 Previous research findings have established that a number of nonlinguistic factors can influence the strength of perceived foreign accent in second language (L2) speech.
Freeborn Lani, Rogers John
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The Penefit of salience: salient accented, but not unaccented words reveal accent adaptation effects
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 In two eye-tracking experiments, the effects of salience in accent training and speech accentedness on spoken-word recognition were investigated. Salience was expected to increase a stimulus’ prominence and therefore promote learning.
Ann-Kathrin eGrohe, Andrea eWeber
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