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Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study [PDF]

, 2014
This study investigates the production of vowels in unstressed syllables by advanced German learners of English in comparison with native speakers of Standard Southern British English. Two acoustic properties were measured: duration and formant structure.
Abercrombie, Abercrombie, Barry, Barry, Broselow, Broselow, Crystal, Crystal, Delattre, Delattre, Dellwo, Dellwo, Di, Di, Dretzke, Dretzke, Flege, Flege, German, German, German, German, Ghazali, Ghazali, Gibbon, Gibbon, Giegerich, Giegerich, Hansen Edwards, Hansen Edwards, Hoffmann, Hoffmann, Kaltenbacher, Kaltenbacher, Kendall, Kendall, Kohler, Kohler, Lee, Lee, Lukas Soenning, Mahwah, Mahwah, Nespor, Nespor, Ordin, Ordin, Parkes, Parkes, Pascoe, Pascoe, Peterson, Peterson, Pike, Pike, Porzuczek, Porzuczek, Prosodic, Prosodic, Roach, Roach, Traunmüller, Traunmüller, Wesener, Wesener, Wilcox, Wilcox   +66 more
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negative transfer from Spanish to English in vowels /ʌ/ and /æ/

Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2017
The aim of this non-experimental descriptive study is to establish if linguisticnegative transfer caused by the aural perception of Spanish vowel phonemesis responsible for spelling mistakes found in 5th graders’ written texts from aSpanish-English ...
Luis Cid
doaj   +1 more source

Role of Regional Language Background and Speech Styles on the Production of Voice Onset Time (VOT) in English among Indonesian Multilinguals

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
This paper seeks to contribute to the nature of cross-linguistic transfer in the production of English Voice Onset Time (VOT) by adult multilingual speakers in Indonesia in view of how different regional home languages and speech settings shape the ...
Evynurul Laily Zen
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Finding the Words: How Does the Aging Brain Process Language? A Focused Review of Brain Connectivity and Compensatory Pathways

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract As people age, there is a natural decline in cognitive functioning and brain structure. However, the relationship between brain function and cognition in older adults is neither straightforward nor uniform. Instead, it is complex, influenced by multiple factors, and can vary considerably from one person to another.
Monica Baciu, Elise Roger
wiley   +1 more source

The Phonological Errors by Dutch Exchange Students in Reading Indonesian Texts

K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature, 2017
In this study, the five non-existing Indonesian sounds in Dutch sound system were observed because these sounds cause a problem. Moreover, the writers analyzed the phonological errors produced by the Dutch exchange students.
Theodorus Yohanes Mustamu, Henny Putri Saking Wijaya   +1 more
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The Potential Role of Music in Second Language Learning: A Review Article

Journal of European Psychology Students, 2014
The effects of musical activities on non-musical domains have recently sparked much research. Whereas the benefits of music for native language abilities are well established, the effect on second language (L2) is not yet fully explored.
Ieva Zeromskaite
doaj   +1 more source

Smoothie or Fruit Salad? Learners’ Descriptions of Accents as Windows to Concept Formation [PDF]

, 2015
This paper explores the linguistically naive descriptions which one set of EFL learners provided when identifying and describing accents. First and second-year English majors at a French university were asked to do two tasks.
Alice Henderson, April, April, Bloch, Bloch, Boughton, Boughton, Bruner, Bruner, Celce, Celce, Couper, Couper, Couper, Couper, DeKeyser, DeKeyser, Dörnyei, Dörnyei, Ellis, Ellis, Fraser, Fraser, Fraser, Fraser, Frost, Frost, Henderson, Henderson, Honikman, Honikman, Huckvale, Huckvale, Hume, Hume, Kirkova, Kirkova, Lakoff, Lakoff, Lehiste, Lehiste, Meisel, Meisel, Messum, Messum, Oxford, Oxford, Preston, Preston, Preston, Preston, Rasier, Rasier, Strange, Strange, Szpyra, Szpyra, Thomson, Thomson, Walter, Walter, Wells, Wells, Wells, Wells, Wilton, Wilton, Wrembel, Wrembel, Wrembel, Wrembel   +70 more
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A context‐based English Medium Instruction professional development programme for Turkish EMI lecturers: Insights from a grounded design study

Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract English Medium Instruction (EMI) has rapidly become an important part of higher education in many countries around the world. While the number of EMI programmes and institutions has increased, professional development programme (PDP) opportunities for EMI lecturers and their effectiveness are not yet well designed or closely aligned with local
Mehmet Birgün, Yasemin Kırkgöz
wiley   +1 more source

Training of Working Memory Impacts Neural Processing of Vocal Pitch Regulation [PDF]

, 2015
Working memory training can improve the performance of tasks that were not trained. Whether auditory-motor integration for voice control can benefit from working memory training, however, remains unclear.
Chen, Shaozhen, Chen, Xi, Guo, Xiangqian, Huang, Xiyan, Jones, Jeffery A., Li, Weifeng, Liu, Hanjun, Liu, Peng   +7 more
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