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Mordaunt, Owen G.; Olson, Daniel W. – Educational Studies, 2010
Listening comprehension input is necessary for language learning and acculturation. One approach to developing listening comprehension skills is through exposure to massive amounts of naturally occurring spoken language input. But exposure to this input is not enough; learners also need to make the comprehension corpus meaningful to their learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Speech, Oral Language
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Lynch, Andrew – Language Sciences, 2009
This study analyzes the variation of syllable- and word-final /s/ among two generations of Cubans in Miami, Florida (USA): older, early exile immigrants who arrived in Miami as adults in the 1960s and 1970s, and young Miami-born Cubans whose maternal and paternal grandparents immigrated to Miami from Cuba prior to 1980. Since sibilant weakening is…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Sociolinguistics, Language Role, Foreign Countries