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Chan, Jim Yee Him – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
This study tracked the development of Hong Kong's assessment practices for English pronunciation over the past four decades, with reference to the nativeness and intelligibility principles in L2 pronunciation research and pedagogy. Specifically, it evaluated changes in assessors' comments on candidates' English pronunciation performance in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Evaluation Methods
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Meritan, Camille – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
The shift to online instruction brought about by the novel coronavirus exacerbated language teaching and learning constraints already highlighted by foreign language (FL) research. However, it is important that FL courses keep preparing learners for global careers and interactions with native speakers--whether courses take place in-person,…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, French, Second Language Learning
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Roger William Anderson – Journal of International Students, 2024
Educators of International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) have been overlooked, erroneously. As teacher educators, their work is exponentially important to North American universities. A multiple case study examined three ITA Educators' ideologies, involving data from two interviews -one being a stimulated recall using classroom observations…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Teaching Assistants, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Kevin Hirschi; Okim Kang – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
Issues of intelligibility may arise amongst English learners when acquiring new words and phrases in North American academic settings, perhaps in part due to limited linguistic data available to the learner for understanding language use patterns. To this end, this paper examines the effects of Data-Driven Learning for Pronunciation (DDLfP) on…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonology
Kevin R. Hirschi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Millions engage in learning a Second Language (L2) using their mobile devices with a wide range of success. Concomitantly, there exists a growing interest in research on the effects of mobile-assisted language learning and predictors of learner outcomes (e.g., Loewen et al., 2020; Sudina & Plonsky, 2023). However, few of these apps and studies…
Descriptors: Native Language, Spanish, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Sangki Kim – English Teaching, 2017
Intelligibility of second language (L2) English has become an important goal in English pronunciation teaching. However, intelligibility research primarily focused on L2 English users and L2 production features; only a handful of studies have examined other effects on the intelligibility of L2 English. In line with the three-part model of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning