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Alexandra M. Ryken; Lesly Wade-Woolley; S. Hélène Deacon – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
There is growing theoretical and empirical consensus for a role of awareness of suprasegmental phonology, also known as prosody, or the rhythmic elements of speech, in reading comprehension. Here we explore a potential mechanism by which this relation functions: awareness of how punctuation reflects prosody, for instance appreciating that a period…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Schaefer, Vance; Abe, Linda – English Teaching Forum, 2020
Nonnative speakers of a language are often at a disadvantage in producing extended speech, as they have differing native (L1) phonological systems and rhetorical traditions or little experience in giving talks. Prosody in the form of stress, rhythm, and intonation is a difficult but crucial area needed to master extended speech because prosody…
Descriptors: Imitation, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Grammar
Pearce, John – Use of English, 1983
Suggests that by reading aloud, students may come to a greater awareness of the three subsystems of the English punctuation system--inclusion, sentence stops, and sentence marks. (HOD)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Oral Reading, Punctuation, Secondary Education
Phap, Dam Trung – 1980
The manual concentrates on features of English and Indochinese which are dissimilar and, therefore, potential problem areas. These areas were identified through: (1) a contrastive analysis of English and Indochinese (Lao, Cambodian, Vietnamese) phonology, morphology, and syntax; (2) an analysis of Indochinese students' errors; and (3) noting the…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Articulation (Speech), Austro Asiatic Languages