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Effects of Noise and a Speaker's Impaired Voice Quality on Spoken Language Processing in School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Schiller, Isabel S.; Remacle, Angélique; Durieux, Nancy; Morsomme, Dominique – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Background noise and voice problems among teachers can degrade listening conditions in classrooms. The aim of this literature review is to understand how these acoustic degradations affect spoken language processing in 6- to 18-year-old children. Method: In a narrative report and meta-analysis, we systematically review studies that…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Voice Disorders, Oral Language, Language Processing
Iranian EFL Teachers' Oral/Aural Skills Language Assessment Literacy: Instrument Development and Validation
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Kobra Tavassoli; Zahra Sorat – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Despite widespread studies on language assessment literacy (LAL), there are still many unexplored areas about LAL (Gan & Lam, 2022). One of these areas is identifying various aspects of LAL regarding different language skills and scrutinizing the English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' involvement with these aspects. Accordingly, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Exploring Teachers' Knowledge of Second Language Pronunciation Techniques: Teacher Cognitions, Observed Classroom Practices, and Student Perceptions
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Baker, Amanda – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
This study explored some of the intricate connections between the cognitions (beliefs, knowledge, perceptions, attitudes) and pedagogical practices of five English language teachers, specifically in relation to pronunciation-oriented techniques. Integral to the study was the use of semistructured interviews, classroom observations, and stimulated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semi Structured Interviews
Invisible Speech--Oral Language Skills in Blind Braille Readers.
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Scholes, Robert J.; Willis, Brenda J. – Interchange, 1989
Reports results of the administration of a battery of tests of oral language skills to blind braille readers (N=15). Three skills were tested: phoneme deletion, sentence completion, and morphological analysis. Participants were congenitally blind high school students. Subjects differed from sighted readers only in the ability to perform…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Blindness, Braille, Comparative Analysis