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Renner, Julia; Kaltenegger, Sandra – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
The starting point for this research is an eTandem initiative between learners of Mandarin Chinese and German. The participants mainly learnt the dominant variety of their target languages (German Standard German, Mainland Chinese Standard Mandarin), however, their tandem partners are speakers of a non-dominant variety (Austrian Standard German,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, German, Computer Mediated Communication, Standard Spoken Usage
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Chen, Hsueh Chu – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2015
This paper includes two interrelated studies. The first production study investigates the timing patterns of English as spoken by Chinese learners with different dialect backgrounds. The second comprehension study explores native and non-native speakers' assessments of the intelligibility of Chinese-accented English, and examines the effects of…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Phonetics, Native Language, Chinese
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Pang, Bonnie; Alfrey, Laura; Varea, Valeria – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Young people with English as an Additional Language/Dialect backgrounds are often identified in public health messages and popular media as "bodies at risk" because they do not conform to the health regimens of contemporary Western societies. With increasing numbers of Chinese students in Australian schools, it is necessary to advance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Photography, English (Second Language)
Shih, Ya-ting – ProQuest LLC, 2012
How bilinguals' two languages interact with each other has stimulated considerable research. However, little of this research has focused on objective measures of speech production. This study aims to investigate bilinguals' production of Guoyu and Taiwanese voiceless sibilant fricatives to see how language contact and language dominance influence…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Oral Language
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed.; Rudes, Blair, Ed. – 2000
Papers for the fourth Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference include the following: "Endangered languages and Literacy" (Nicholas Ostler, Blair Rudes); "Keynote Address: On Native Language Literacy: a Personal Perspective" (Ofelia Zepeda); "A Community's Solution to Some Literacy Problems: The Mayangna of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Applied Linguistics, Dialects, Foreign Countries