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Marina Ivanova – The EUROCALL Review, 2024
Word stress is frequently afforded secondary importance in English teaching as stress placement rules are complex and because stress can be learnt along with each new word. However, training learners to pay more attention to word stress cues can support them in predicting the stress patterns of new vocabulary. Also, for speakers of fixed stress…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction
Schwartz, Geoffrey – Second Language Research, 2023
Two acoustic studies of voice onset time (VOT) in sibilant-stop (ST) consonant clusters, produced by first language (L1) speakers of Polish, are presented. In the first, a baseline study of L1 Polish comparing ST clusters with initial singleton stops, a small degree of VOT shortening after /s/ was found for /p/, but not /t/. The second study…
Descriptors: Phonology, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kochem, Tim; Beck, Jeanne; Goodale, Erik – CALICO Journal, 2022
Technology has paved the way for new modalities in language learning, teaching, and assessment. However, there is still a great deal of work to be done to develop such tools for oral communication, specifically tools that address suprasegmental features in pronunciation instruction. Therefore, this critical literature review examines how…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Audio Equipment, Computer Assisted Instruction
Saito, Kazuya; Macmillan, Konstantinos; Kachlicka, Magdalena; Kunihara, Takuya; Minematsu, Nobuaki – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Whereas many scholars have emphasized the relative importance of "comprehensibility" as an ecologically valid goal for L2 speech training, testing, and development, eliciting listeners' judgments is time-consuming. Following calls for research on more efficient L2 speech rating methods in applied linguistics, and growing attention toward…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interrater Reliability, Speech Communication
Benjamin Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines heritage language learners of Spanish enrolled in university Spanish courses, focusing on their strategic use of suprasegmental speech features in two speaking tasks. The research investigates attitudes' influence on heritage language learners' speech production in different task types. Participants engaged in two…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Intonation, Spanish, Oral Language
Developing Interpreter Trainees' Speech Comprehensibility: Does Nativeness of the Instructor Matter?
Mahmood Yenkimaleki; Vincent J. van Heuven – TESL-EJ, 2024
This study examines the effect of native "vs." non-native prosody instruction on developing interpreter trainees' speech comprehensibility in English as a foreign language (EFL) using a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest design. Twenty-three groups of 28 interpreter trainees at a University in Iran (six different branches) took part in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yenkimaleki, Mahmood; van Heuven, Vincent J.; Soodmand Afshar, Hassan – Language Learning Journal, 2023
The present study investigated the efficacy of segmental/suprasegmental vs. holistic pronunciation instruction in the development of listening comprehension skills by EFL learners, using a pre-test post-test design. Six groups of 20 intermediate EFL learners at a university in Iran took part in the study, all groups receiving the same amount of…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Intonation, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language)
Man-Ni Chu; Ewa Zajdler; Hui-Wen Lin – AILA Review, 2023
This study considers the performance of tone pronunciation and morpheme intelligibility by L2 Polish Mandarin learners. A mixed-effects ordinal regression model and Tukey's HSD multiple test were used to examine the start-point, end-point, of syllables as a means of assessing their intelligibility by L2 Polish learners regarding the tones with the…
Descriptors: Polish, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Speech Communication
Boram Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation investigated the acoustic and articulatory correlates of lexical stress in Mandarin second language (L2) learners of English, as well as in first language (L1) speakers. The present study used a minimal pair respective to stress location (e.g., OBject versus obJECT) obtained from a publicly available Mandarin Accented English…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intonation
Hardison, Debra M.; Pennington, Martha C. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This article reviews research findings involving visual input in speech processing in the form of facial cues and co-speech gestures for second-language (L2) learners, and provides pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening and speaking. It traces the foundations of auditory-visual speech research and explores the role of a speaker's…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cues
McAndrews, Mark – Language Teaching Research, 2023
In many English language teaching contexts, listening activities resemble listening comprehension tests. Scholars have argued that this product-oriented approach is not particularly effective in helping learners improve their listening skills and have advocated for the inclusion of instruction that targets specific features of spoken language. The…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intonation
Castellano, Joachim – TESOL Journal, 2023
This article provides critical student perspectives on a set of instructor-created materials in which students ultimately delivered a spoken anecdote in a class presentation. The research was conducted qualitatively through the lens of narrative inquiry. Data were gathered from six participants, all undergraduate English majors at a Japanese…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Denizci, Can – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
Language classroom interactions can be characterized as multimodal, since teachers may resort to a variety of resources provided by their body or by their immediate space in order to convey meaning, manage activities and assess pupils' performances. Furthermore, teachers' multimodal practices constitute an essential component for the…
Descriptors: French, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gordon, Joshua – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
Explicit pronunciation instruction enhances production of intelligible, comprehensible, and fluent second language (L2) speech. Additionally, task-based instruction (TBI) enhances the production of segmentals and suprasegmentals, and promotes awareness of L2 forms in pronunciation. Since most previous research on TBI in L2 pronunciation learning…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Speech Communication, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
Nicole Marie Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The present dissertation analyzed speech production and perception in early heritage Spanish-English bilingual children. Specifically, I investigated how perception and production of lexical stress develops in bilingual children. Current models of second language (L2) speech perception do not include heritage bilinguals or suprasegmental aspects…
Descriptors: Phonology, Spanish, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)