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How Long Can Naturalistic L2 Pronunciation Learning Continue in Adults? A 10-Year Study
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Ron I. Thomson; Tracey M. Derwing; Murray J. Munro – Language Awareness, 2024
We examined the naturalistic pronunciation development of two groups of L2 speakers over 10 years. Initially, 50 beginner ESL students participated in production tasks; despite attrition, the tasks were administered eight more times. Here we report listener judgements of accentedness, comprehensibility and fluency for the remaining six Mandarin…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Mandarin Chinese