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Learning to Comprehend Foreign-Accented Speech by Means of Production and Listening Training
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Grohe, Ann-Kathrin; Weber, Andrea – Language Learning, 2016
The effects of production and listening training on the subsequent comprehension of foreign-accented speech were investigated in a training-test paradigm. During training, German nonnative (L2) and English native (L1) participants listened to a story spoken by a German speaker who replaced all English /?/s with /t/ (e.g., *"teft" for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Reaction Time, Listening Comprehension
Teaching L2 Learners How to Listen Does Make a Difference: An Empirical Study
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Vandergrift, Larry; Tafaghodtari, Marzieh H. – Language Learning, 2010
This study investigated the effects of a metacognitive, process-based approach to teaching second language (L2) listening over a semester. Participants (N = 106) came from six intact sections of French as a second language (FSL) courses. The experimental group (n = 59) listened to texts using a methodology that led learners through the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Second Language Learning, Metacognition
"I Prefer Not Text": Developing Japanese Learners' Communicative Competence with Authentic Materials
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Gilmore, Alex – Language Learning, 2011
This quasi-experimental study reports on a 10-month classroom-based longitudinal investigation, exploring the potential of authentic materials to develop Japanese learners' communicative competence in English. Sixty-two second-year university students were assigned to either a control group receiving textbook input or an experimental group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Textbooks, Listening Comprehension Tests
Strategy Instruction in Listening for Lower-Intermediate Learners of French
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Graham, Suzanne; Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning, 2008
Second language listening has historically proved to be a difficult skill. Strategy instruction studies have sought to bring about improvements in subjects' listening but with mixed results. This lack of success might be due to the nature of listening strategy theory and its influence on conceptualizations of listening strategy instruction. The…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, French