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Is L2 Pronunciation Affected by Increased Task Complexity in Pronunciation-Unfocused Speaking Tasks?
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Direct linkIngrid Mora-Plaza; Joan C. Mora; Mireia Ortega; Cristina Aliaga-Garcia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study examines the effects of task complexity on second language (L2) pronunciation accuracy and global pronunciation measures in pronunciation-unfocused tasks and assesses the relationship between acoustic and listener-based pronunciation measures. Eighty-two Catalan/Spanish learners of English performed simple and complex versions of a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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
Munro, Murray J.; Derwing, Tracey M.; Morton, Susan L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
When understanding or evaluating foreign-accented speech, listeners are affected not only by properties of the speech itself but by their own linguistic backgrounds and their experience with different speech varieties. Given the latter influence, it is not known to what degree a diverse group of listeners might share a response to second language…
Descriptors: Mutual Intelligibility, Effect Size, Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers
