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The Intelligibility of Three Nonnative English-Speaking Teaching Assistants: An Analysis of Student-Reported Communication Breakdowns.
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Gallego, Juan Carlos – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
A method for examining intelligibility is studied that involves recording undergraduates' immediate feedback on communication breakdowns, and then analyzing those breakdowns with English-as-a-Second-Language specialists. Pronunciation was found to be the major cause of unintelligibility. (10 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication Problems, English (Second Language), Feedback