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Paria Aria – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research studied the impact of language barriers and cultural experiences on students' perceptions at the University of North Texas. The population of this study were students who had taken a class with a non-native speaking instructor and those who hadn't. Following a mixed-method research approach, online surveys were distributed to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
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Ockey, Gary J.; Papageorgiou, Spiros; French, Robert – International Journal of Listening, 2016
This article reports on a study which aimed to determine the effect of strength of accent on listening comprehension of interactive lectures. Test takers (N = 21,726) listened to an interactive lecture given by one of nine speakers and responded to six comprehension items. The test taker responses were analyzed with the Rasch computer program…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Listening Comprehension, Lecture Method, Computer Software
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Braber, Natalie – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
Many lecturers find that teaching and research compete for their time. However, teaching and research can be linked closely together, and there are many ways of linking the two. This article will consider how research can be incorporated into teaching through a case study in Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University (in the United Kingdom), where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience
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Kang, Okim – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Suprasegmentals have been emphasized in ESL/EFL pedagogy since the advent of communicative language teaching. However, it is still unclear how individual suprasegmental features affect listeners' judgments of non-native speakers' accented speech. The current study began to specify relative weights of individual temporal and prosodic features for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Suprasegmentals, Computer Software, Teaching Assistants
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Huang, Jinyan – College Student Journal, 2004
Research in English for Academic Purposes has begun to show that non-native speakers of English have much difficulty in English academic listening at American universities. Chinese students, who are from a very different educational system and cultural environment, experience special challenges in English academic listening. This paper focuses on…
Descriptors: Universities, College Faculty, English for Academic Purposes, Lecture Method
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Ogier, John – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
This study, using student ratings of lecturers, examines the perceived effect of the lecturers ability to communicate effectively. The relationship between the standard question -- "The lecturer was able to communicate ideas and information clearly" -- and the global rating question -- "Overall, the lecturer is an effective teacher" -- was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Oral Language, Pronunciation, Social Sciences