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The Effects of Computer-assisted Pronunciation Readings on ESL Learners’ Use of Pausing, Stress, Intonation, and Overall Comprehensibility [PDF]
With research showing the benefits of pronunciation instruction aimed at suprasegmentals (Derwing, Munro, & Wiebe, 1997, 1998; Derwing & Rossiter, 2003; Hahn, 2004; McNerney and Mendelsohn, 1992), more materials are needed to provide learners ...
Mark Tanner, Melissa Landon
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Lithuanian priegaidė: a syllable or a word feature?
The place of priegaidė ‘syllable intonation’ in the phonological system of Lithuanian remains uncertain; so does its typological peculiarity. The article aims to discover the specific nature of this phonological feature taking into consideration the ...
Aleksey Andronov
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Second Language Speech: An outlook towards contemporary research endeavours
In the introduction to the thematic issue "Research agendas in second language speech: aquisition and pedagogy", the authors build an overview that encompasses theoretical models of L2 speech, the interrelation between segmentals and suprasegmentals with
Alison Roberto Gonçalves +3 more
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This study reports on a mixed-methods research project into self- and peer-formative assessment of student-generated podcasts in a group of 18 undergraduate students.
Albedro Cadena-Aguilar +1 more
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ENHANCING THE PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES THROUGH REFLECTIVE LEARNING METHOD
Suprasegmental features are of paramount importance in spoken English. Yet, these pronunciation features are marginalised in EFL/ESL teaching-learning.
SUWARTONO
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Integrating form and meaning in L2 pronunciation instruction [PDF]
One of the central challenges of ESL teaching is striking the right balance between form and meaning. In pronunciation pedagogy, this challenge is compounded because repetitive practice, which has been shown to enhance phonological acquisition and ...
Isaacs, T
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This paper employs Deconstruction and Relevance theories to read literary meanings in the song “Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho Mpoto. The paper focuses on suprasegmental features that mark the artistes’ voice.
Kanyi Thiong’o, David Barasa
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Segmental and suprasegmental change in North West Yorkshire – a new case of supralocalisation ?
A number of phonetic and phonological changes have lately been observed in most geographical varieties of British English (e.g. Trudgill 1986 ; Foulkes & Docherty 1999 ; Britain 2002b ; Kerswill 2003 ; Stuart-Smith et al. 2004, 2007).
Stephan Wilhelm
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Supremacy of suprasegmentals in Arabic phonology: Evidence from malapropisms
Speech errors are an important source of information to understand language processing and production. Earlier research focused on different types of errors including semantic and phonological errors while malapropisms, which refer to slips of the ...
Mohammed Nour Abu Guba +3 more
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Musical Intelligence and Foreign Language Learning [PDF]
The article discusses the potential advantage that musically gifted FL learners have in developing the speaking skill, especially in acquiring some prosodic features.
Stępień, Sabina, Zybert, Jerzy
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