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Relative Contribution of Explicit Teaching of Segmentals vs. Prosody to the Quality of Consecutive Interpreting by Farsi-to-English Interpreting Trainees
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Yenkimaleki, Mahmood; van Heuven, Vincent J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This study investigates the effect of explicit teaching of segmentals vs. prosody on the quality of interpreting by Farsi-to-English interpreter trainees. Participants were native speakers of Farsi and BA students of English translation and interpreting in Iran, who were assigned to one of three groups. No differences in English language skills…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
The Effects of Hong Kong L2 English Speakers' Phonological Features on Listeners' Cognitive and Affective Perceptions
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Chen, Hsueh Chu; Wang, Qian – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2019
This study explores the most perceivable phonological features of Hong Kong (HK) L2 English speakers and how they affect the perception of HK L2 English speech from the perspective of both native and non-native English listeners. Conversational interviews were conducted to collect speech data from 20 HK speakers of English and 10 native speakers…
Descriptors: Phonology, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning