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Kang, Okim; Moran, Meghan; Ahn, Hyunkee; Park, Soon – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Factors that affect comprehension of accented English (e.g., Harding, 2011) have been well studied, but little research examines how listeners' proficiency affects their sensitivity to second language (L2) accent. The current study investigated the effect of test takers' English proficiency on their comprehension ratings and ability to correctly…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Placencia, María Elena; Fuentes Rodríguez, Catalina; Palma-Fahey, María – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
Nominal and pronominal address forms, which play a central role in the construction of interpersonal relations (cf. Bargiela et al. 2002; Clyne et al. 2009), have been the focus of attention in different linguistics subfields for several decades now. Less attention, however, has been paid to these forms from a variational pragmatics (Schneider and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Role Playing, Spanish
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Oskoz, Ana; Gimeno-Sanz, Ana – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
This study examines the linguistic resources by which foreign language (L2) learners express their ideological positions in online discussions taking place in a telecollaborative encounter during one semester. More specifically, the study attempts to decipher how L2 learners discuss and argue their points of view regarding their first culture,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Attitudes