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Peng, Shu-Chen; Lu, Hui-Ping; Lu, Nelson; Lin, Yung-Song; Deroche, Mickael L. D.; Chatterjee, Monita – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The objective was to investigate acoustic cue processing in lexical-tone recognition by pediatric cochlear-implant (CI) recipients who are native Mandarin speakers. Method: Lexical-tone recognition was assessed in pediatric CI recipients and listeners with normal hearing (NH) in 2 tasks. In Task 1, participants identified naturally…
Descriptors: Intonation, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Task Analysis
Jangjamras, Jirapat – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the effects of first language prosodic transfer on the perception and production of English lexical stress and the relation between stress perception and production by second language learners. To test the effect of Thai tonal distribution rules and stress patterns on native Thai speakers' perception and production of…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Evidence, Acoustics, North American English
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Eccles, Lance – 1997
Twenty texts in the Chinese dialect of Shanghai city are presented as a tool for those familiar with some dialect of Chinese who are learning this variety. The texts, recorded as spontaneous speech, were originally collected for grammatical analysis and have been revised somewhat for print form. They are arranged in approximate order of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
de Abrew, Kamini; Khamphasinovanh, Thong – 1991
This Lao language textbook is the second draft of a book developed for teaching Lao to United States Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) and is designed to be used with a Lao language instructor familiar with competency based curricula. It is not designed for self-instruction, although after some hours of use, students may be familiar enough with the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1965
This nine-volume basic course in Cantonese Chinese is designed for 47 weeks of intense audiolingual instruction. The first book of the series introduces the pronunciation, with emphasis on the tone system, and the basic aspects of the grammar. Also introduced in this volume is the romanization system used in this series (the U.S. Army Language…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Cantonese, Chinese Culture, Grammar
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1964
This seven-volume series constitutes the Defense Language Institute (Army Language School) 47-week course in the Toishan dialect of Cantonese. Beginning lessons present the tone and sound system in romanized script. Chinese characters are introduced in the fourth lesson. (See related document AL 001 479, "Chinese Cantonese Basic Course,"…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Cantonese, Chinese Culture, Dialects