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Development of Production Skills in the Absence of Precise Phonolexical Representations
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Simonchyk, Ala; Darcy, Isabelle – Second Language Research, 2023
The study investigates the relationship between lexical encoding and production in order to establish whether learners are able to produce a difficult contrast in words that they merged in their mental lexicon. Forty American English learners of Russian were tested on their production and lexical encoding of familiar and highly-frequent words with…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mispronunciation Detection for Language Learning and Speech Recognition Adaptation
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Ge, Zhenhao – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The areas of "mispronunciation detection" (or "accent detection" more specifically) within the speech recognition community are receiving increased attention now. Two application areas, namely language learning and speech recognition adaptation, are largely driving this research interest and are the focal points of this work.…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Suprasegmentals, Speech, Word Recognition
Difficultes phonetiques de l'acquisition du francais langue seconde (Phonetic Difficulties in the Learning of French as a Second Language).
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Huot, France – 1978
The goal of this study is to discover the phonetic difficulties encountered in the acquisition of French as a second language by English-speaking children. The children are studying French in a total immersion situation without benefit of structural exercises or special French language laboratory classes. Of particular interest here is the extent…
Descriptors: Consonants, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), French
Oral Differences in English and Arabic: A View from the ESL Teacher's Perspective.
Schwabe, Tippy – 1981
Differences between English and Arabic are examined to assist the English as a second language (ESL) teacher. It is suggested that in order to know how to help students, ESL teachers must understand what the problem or difference is and why it is occurring. The sound systems of English and Arabic, including the suprasegmentals of intonation,…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Consonants
Indonesian: Sounds of Indonesian Speech.
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1966
The sounds of Standard Indonesian, or Bahasa Indonesian, used in official government and private communication, are presented here. The place and manner of articulation and the distinctive features of consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and vocalic combinations are thoroughly explained through text, illustrations, and charts. Variants of…
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Indonesian
A Contrastive Approach for Teaching English as a Second Language to Indochinese Students.
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