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Abd Elwahab, Waleed – Arab World English Journal, 2020
Due to the variety of their local dialects and accents, Arab learners occasionally face some problems when pronouncing English letters and phonemes. These pronunciation errors are caused by the influence of native language interference. Each language in any part of the world has its linguistic characteristics and rules that control their…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Solon, Megan; Long, Avizia Y.; Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
This study tests the theoretical predictions regarding effects of increasing task complexity (Robinson, 2001a, 2001b, 2007, 2010; Robinson & Gilabert, 2007) for second language (L2) pronunciation. Specifically, we examine whether more complex tasks (a) lead to greater incidence of pronunciation-focused language-related episodes (LREs) and (b)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis, Pronunciation, Phonetics
Wu, Chen-Huei – ProQuest LLC, 2011
What is second language fluency? What is a foreign accent? Is it possible for an adult second language learner to speak fluently with a heavy accent or vice versa? What factors contribute to the perception of fluency and a foreign accent? What acoustic attributes correlate with the perception of fluency and a foreign accent? To answer these…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Articulation (Speech), Vowels, Language Tests

Miskiel, Lynn Weissler; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
The Phonetic Level Evaluation was administered to 30 preschoolers with normal hearing. Results indicated that approximately the same error rate was observed for vowel productions as for simple consonants and that scores for all children were considerably poorer for initial consonant blends than for final consonant blends. These findings run…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Difficulty Level, Language Acquisition
Ma, Lin – 1994
A study investigated to what extent adult native speakers of Mandarin Chinese learning English as a second language could pronounce the five front vowels of American English, how difficult this was, and which vowels were most difficult. Subjects were 16 Chinese university students and spouses and 16 American students. All subjects were recorded…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adult Learning, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics