Establishes a significant correlation between the extent of Creole language interference and performance on a British reading comprehension test. Suggests that Creole affects the efficiency of understanding British English. (Author/RL)

Prior to a Thai language learning session, subjects were exposed to recorded Thai conversation, Japanese conversation, or music. The subjects exposed to Thai produced more words than subjects exposed to music or Japanese. The subjects exposed to Japanese produced the fewest words. (Author/RL)

Reports on six experiments examining the relationships between language processing in the Roman v the Cyrillic alphabets, both of which are used to read Serbo-Croatian. Notes some of the problems involved in operating with two separately used symbol systems. (Author/RL)

Analyzes the perceptual problems of 22 nonnative speakers of English who transcribed spontaneous speech. Finds that perception resembles a matching of the listener's projection and the incoming acoustic information, that native/nonnative perception strategies were similar, and that hesitation phenomena were important sources of nonnative speakers'…

Describes an investigation of the phonetic characteristics of children's second language acquisition, focusing on acoustical correlates of the voicing contrast for stop consonants, as produced by young native speakers of Arabic who were learning English as a second language. Neither age nor experience with English could predict phonetic…

Examines predictors of accent transfer from L1 to L2 in a group whose acquisition of English as a second language had begun at ages ranging from 6 to 15 plus. Discusses effects of age on L2 acquisition, adding that the only other strong factor was whether L2 was used in the home. (Author/MES)