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Direct linkDerwing, Tracey M.; Thomson, Ron I.; Munro, Murray J. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
The development of accent and fluency are traced in the speech of 20 Mandarin and 20 Slavic adult immigrants to Canada over a period of 10 months. The participants were enrolled in an ESL program but had no special instruction in either pronunciation or fluency. The immigrants' self-reported exposure to English outside of class was used to…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Wang, Yan; Bai, Yongquan – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
English titles of medical research articles (RAs) are of great importance, the quality of which can, to a certain degree, affect impact factors of the articles, because many readers will make a decision as to whether to read on after reading titles. However, the special genre has not been extensively studied to date. This paper is designed to…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Medical Research, Form Classes (Languages), Foreign Countries
Cao, Yiqian; Philp, Jenefer – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This article reports on a study that investigated the dual characteristics of willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2): trait-like WTC and situational WTC. By adopting methods of classroom observation, participant interviews and questionnaires, consistency between L2 learners' self-report WTC and their actual WTC behavior in an…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Second Language Learning, Familiarity, Interviews
