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Direct linkSuzukida, Yui; Saito, Kazuya – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Building up on Munro and Derwing, the current study set out to re-examine and generalize the Functional Load (FL) principle (Brown, 1988) as a tool to identify a set of relatively crucial segmental features for successful understanding in L2 communication. In Experiment 1, 40 Japanese learners of English in English-as-Foreign-Language settings…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension
Download full textHaez, Saba Ghanbari; Delfani, Mahtab – International TESOL Journal, 2022
The current paper examined the impact of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on the speaking skills of EFL learners applying socio-cultural theory, which was developed by Vygotsky (1934). The study also tried to compare the results from online synchronous DA sessions, which were done in the form of one-to-one online training over Google Meet, with the results…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Isaacs, Talia; Trofimovich, Pavel – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012
Comprehensibility, a major concept in second language (L2) pronunciation research that denotes listeners' perceptions of how easily they understand L2 speech, is central to interlocutors' communicative success in real-world contexts. Although comprehensibility has been modeled in several L2 oral proficiency scales--for example, the Test of English…
Descriptors: Ability, Suprasegmentals, Evidence, Language Tests
