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Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2019
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students, at the College of Languages and Translation, took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonemic and 37% were graphemic. It was also found that the subjects had more problems with whole words than problems with graphemes…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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Mirzaei, Maryam Sadat; Meshgi, Kourosh; Kawahara, Tatsuya – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This study proposes a method to detect problematic speech segments automatically for second language (L2) listeners, considering both lexical and acoustic aspects. It introduces a tool, Partial and Synchronized Caption (PSC), which provides assistance for language learners and fosters L2 listening skills. PSC presents purposively selected words…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
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Mirzaei, Maryam Sadat; Meshgi, Kourosh; Akita, Yuya; Kawahara, Tatsuya – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology has become a part of contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) systems. ASR systems however are being criticized for their erroneous performance especially when utilized as a mean to develop skills in a Second Language (L2) where errors are not tolerated. Nevertheless, these errors can…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Speech Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2010
Saudi college students majoring in translation take 6 interpreting courses. In those courses, they practice listening to and interpreting authentic lectures in a variety of subject areas. Results of an interpreting pretest showed that college students majoring in an interpreting course have problems with media reports. They have difficulty…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Auditory Perception, Listening Comprehension
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2008
36 Saudi EFL freshmen students took a listening-spelling test in which they filled out 100 blanks in a dialogue. Results indicated that 63% of the spelling errors were phonological and 37% were orthographic. It was also found that the subjects had more phonological problems with whole words but more orthographic problems with graphemes. Some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Hardison, Debra M. – 1992
A study investigated the role of pragmatics, the factors that govern choice of language in social interaction, on interpretation of elliptical verb phrases (VPs) in spoken English by learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Ellipsis requires the listener to recall the surface form of a presupposed element and to integrate it into the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Research
Hatch, Elke J. – 1983
The use of discussion about students' vacations on the first day of a third-year college level conversational German class is analyzed. The discussion imitates a common conversational situation. Many students at this level tend to fall into use of the present tense, attempting few other tenses at first, and research shows that Germans consider…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Discussion (Teaching Technique)