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Which Segmental Features Matter for Successful L2 Comprehensibility? Revisiting and Generalizing the Pedagogical Value of the Functional Load Principle

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Suzukida, Yui; Saito, Kazuya – Language Teaching Research, 2021

Building up on Munro and Derwing, the current study set out to re-examine and generalize the Functional Load (FL) principle (Brown, 1988) as a tool to identify a set of relatively crucial segmental features for successful understanding in L2 communication. In Experiment 1, 40 Japanese learners of English in English-as-Foreign-Language settings…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension

Aptitude, Experience, and Second Language Pronunciation Proficiency Development in Classroom Settings: A Longitudinal Study

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Saito, Kazuya; Suzukida, Yui; Sun, Hui – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019

The current study longitudinally examined the influence of aptitude on second language (L2) pronunciation development when 40 first-year Japanese university students engaged in practice activities inside and outside English-as-a-Foreign-Language classrooms over one academic year. Spontaneous speech samples were elicited at the beginning, middle,…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction