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Learning Direction Matters: A Study on L2 Rhythm Acquisition by Dutch Learners of Spanish and Spanish Learners of Dutch
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van Maastricht, Lieke; Krahmer, Emiel; Swerts, Marc; Prieto, Pilar – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study examines the acquisition process of speech rhythm in Dutch learners of Spanish (DLS) and Spanish learners of Dutch (SLD) at different proficiency levels to determine whether learning direction affects the success of rhythm acquisition in a foreign language (L2). Analyses of lengthening effects showed that the two learner groups followed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Language Rhythm
The Teaching of Intonation: Fundamental Research and Classroom Applications.
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de Bot, Kees; Mailfert, Kate – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Reports on research carried out in the Netherlands using visual feedback showing that training in perception of intonation resulted in statistically significant improvement in production of English intonation patterns. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Research
Who's Next? The Melodic Marking of Question vs. Continuation in Dutch.
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Caspers, Johanneke – Language and Speech, 1998
Investigated functional differences between the accent-lending rise followed by sustained level pitch (10) and combined accent-lending rise and final rise (12) in Dutch. Thirty individuals were presented with short utterances bearing either a 10 or 12 contour. Results indicated that 10 is not readily interpreted as a question, so 10 may help…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, Intonation, Morphology (Languages)