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Schwartz, Geoffrey – Second Language Research, 2020
This article discusses the implications of phonological representation for the study of L2 speech acquisition. It is argued, on the basis of empirical findings from diverse phenomena in L2 phonology, that refined representations in which 'segments' have internal prosodic structure offer a more insightful view of cross-linguistic phonetic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Intonation, Suprasegmentals
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Cruz Blandón, María Andrea; Cristia, Alejandrina; Räsänen, Okko – Cognitive Science, 2023
Computational models of child language development can help us understand the cognitive underpinnings of the language learning process, which occurs along several linguistic levels at once (e.g., prosodic and phonological). However, in light of the replication crisis, modelers face the challenge of selecting representative and consolidated infant…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Infants, Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics
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Hardison, Debra M.; Pennington, Martha C. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This article reviews research findings involving visual input in speech processing in the form of facial cues and co-speech gestures for second-language (L2) learners, and provides pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening and speaking. It traces the foundations of auditory-visual speech research and explores the role of a speaker's…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cues
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Silvia Kunitz – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This paper adopts an ethnomethodological, conversation analytic approach to analyze the social organization of the instruction-giving sequences that were accomplished by a teacher of Italian as a foreign language during the last phase of a writing task conducted in pairs. Specifically, the paper explores the linguistic, prosodic and embodied…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Discourse Analysis
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Lodzikowski, Kacper; Jekiel, Mateusz – ELT Journal, 2019
This exploratory study fills the gap in research on using print board games to teach English prosody to advanced EFL learners at university level. We developed three in-class print-and-play board games that accompanied three prosody-related topics in a course in English phonetics and phonology at a Polish university. For those topics, compared to…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Aksakalli, Canan; Yagiz, Oktay – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
This study aimed at investigating EFL pre-service teachers' attitudes towards pronunciation and pronunciation teaching. Another purpose was to explore the outcomes of pronunciation instruction of EFL pre-service teachers' phonological development and, based on the findings, to provide suggestions taking learners' pedagogical needs into…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
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Rao, Rajiv; Kuder, Emily – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2016
This paper creates a novel link between research on linguistics and education by discussing what we know about the sound system of heritage language users of Spanish and how these findings can inform practices implemented in heritage Spanish courses in the USA. First, we provide an overview of terminology associated with heritage language…
Descriptors: Native Language, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Phonetics
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Chan, Marsha J. – CATESOL Journal, 2018
This article summarizes research on body language, embodiment, and the incorporation of proprioception, physical movement, gestures, and touch into second language education, particularly with regard to the pronunciation of English. It asserts that careful attention to breathing, vocalization, articulatory positions, pulmonic and tactile…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Stephens, Meredith – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
Aka (2019) conducted an year-long large-scale study demonstrating that Japanese high school students who undertook extensive reading performed better than a control group who undertook grammatical instruction. Those showing the greatest gains were those of lower and intermediate proficiency. The students' achievement was measured in terms of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Levis, John M. – Language Teaching, 2016
Research into pronunciation has often disregarded its potential to inform pedagogy. This is due partly to the historical development of pronunciation teaching and research, but its effect is that there is often a mismatch between research and teaching. This paper looks at four areas in which the (mis)match is imperfect but in which a greater…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Phonetics, Instructional Materials
Yurtbasi, Meti – Online Submission, 2015
The pace of speech i.e. tempo can be varied to our mood of the moment. Fast speech can convey urgency, whereas slower speech can be used for emphasis. In public speaking, orators produce powerful effects by varying the loudness and pace of their speech. The juxtaposition of very loud and very quiet utterances is a device often used by those trying…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
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Davin, Kristin J. – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This article explores the implementation of dynamic assessment (DA) in an elementary school foreign language classroom by considering its theoretical basis and its applicability to second language (L2) teaching, learning, and development. In existing applications of L2 classroom DA, errors serve as a window into learners' instructional needs and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Theodoropulos, Christos – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2014
This article offers an extended definition of prosody by examining the role of prosody in the production and comprehension of L2 spoken language from mainly a cognitive, interactionalist perspective. It reviews theoretical and empirical L1 and L2 research that have examined and explored the relationships between prosodic forms and their functions…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Tests
Broer, Kathleen – Online Submission, 2013
This article examines the role that cultural awareness and pronunciation play in the Choral rehearsal to improve L2 Literacy Rates. A bibliography is included. Appendixes present: (1) Multicultural Song Literature Used in the Classroom; (2) Repertoire for Me to We; (3) Drumming Unit; and (4) Sample Repertoire List. [This paper was originally…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Cultural Awareness, Pronunciation
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Wang, Xinchun – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study investigates whether native Hmong speakers' first language (L1) lexical tone experience facilitates or interferes with their perception of Mandarin tones and whether training is effective for perceptual learning of second (L2) tones. In Experiment 1, 3 groups of beginning level learners of Mandarin with different L1 prosodic background…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Mandarin Chinese, Intonation, Second Language Learning
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