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Tomokazu Nakayama; Seoh Koon Tan; Hoo Chun Pek – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
This study investigates the intelligibility of English with mora-timed rhythm or Japanese Katakana Hatsuon Eigo among NNSs living in a multilingual community, utilizing shadowing to measure the concept of intelligibility. Eighty-six participants (10 Malay NSs, 28 Mandarin NSs, and 30 Tamil NSs) were asked to shadow a recording of a 300-word…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Anh-Thu Thi Nguyen; John C. L. Ingram – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
In the context of English as a global language in which the interaction is not only between native speakers and ESL speakers but also among non-native speakers themselves, there is a need to investigate how well L2 listeners can judge and successfully comprehend accented English produced by other L2 speakers; particularly, how the specific…
Descriptors: Vietnamese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation