Demonstrates how native speakers of Italian and German rated the "native-speaker-likeness" of recorded speech of other native speakers of Italian and German. Findings indicate that subjects from southern Austria, whose own language norms differ from standard German, marked some German consonant realizations as non-native. (DK)

The effect of copying foreign language vocabulary words and/or pronouncing them aloud while attempting to learn their English counterparts was investigated in three experiments. Results were interpreted as supporting the view that copying foreign language words assists in the formation of memory codes for their written forms. (Author/LMO)

Discusses the difficulty students of English as a second language have in pronouncing words that contain the "Invisible Y," words such as "continue,""ridiculous," and "community." Presents the rules governing the use of the "Invisible Y" and discusses how standard orthography can be used as a pronunciation resource for learners. (SED)

Describes a study that examined the organization inherent in children's misarticulations of final consonant sounds. Specifically, it inquired whether, when children with final stop and fricative omissions are taught to produce either stops or fricatives in word-final positions, generalization occurs to untaught items or only to taught items.…

It is proposed that communicative approaches to second language instruction have neglected to provide students with some essential tools of speech, particularly pronunciation skills. The place of remedial phonetics within the new language teaching methods is examined, and a more rigorous approach to pronunciation instruction is recommended. (MSE)

Analyzes the pronunciation of initial word position consonant clusters in modern French according to linguistic context and derivation; and analyzes the pronunciation of the "silent 'e'" according to linguistic and stylistic considerations. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Foreign language teachers must be able to correct pronunciation errors that go beyond the level of the segmental phoneme. Extending a technique used with students, it was found that teachers can deal with a number of problems more efficiently if they separately consider single features or aspects of the continuum. (Author/KM)

In recent years, articles about second language learning strategies and about second language pronunciation instruction have been on the increase. Surprisingly, there appears to be no published study to date that focuses on the relationship between pronunciation and learning strategies. This exploratory study focuses solely on documenting and…

When Ss read single words or 2-digit numbers aloud, the latency from stimulus onset until the beginning of overt vocalization increases as the number of syllables to be pronounced is increased. Two interpretations of this reading pronounciation latency effect are considered. (Author)

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Office of Naval Research. (DD)

Results of this experiment suggest that pronunciation has a unique effect on discrimination learning, and that the magnitude of this effect (relative to control performance) varies as a function of the type of materials used and the age of Ss. (Authors)