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Peer reviewedBohn, Ocke-Schwen; Flege, James Emil – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1992
Examination of the effect of second-language experience on the production of second-language vowels found that experienced native-speaking German learners of English did not pronounce similar English vowels more intelligibly than inexperienced learners, but experienced speakers produced a dissimilar English vowel better than inexperienced…
Descriptors: Adults, Distinctive Features (Language), English (Second Language), German
Peer reviewedLee, James F.; Riley, Gail L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Explored the effect of giving novice foreign language readers information about the rhetorical structure of an expository text as a text adjunct. Results indicated that an expanded framework is an effective text adjunct for the comprehension of the expository prose. (27 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Expository Writing, French, Higher Education
