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Nickels, Stefanie; Steinhauer, Karsten – Second Language Research, 2018
The role of prosodic information in sentence processing is not usually addressed in second language (L2) instruction, and neurocognitive studies on prosody-syntax interactions are rare. Here we compare event-related potentials (ERP) of Chinese and German learners of English L2 to those of native English speakers and show how first language (L1)…
Descriptors: Intonation, Syntax, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Okuno, Tomoko; Hardison, Debra M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This study examined factors affecting perception training of vowel duration in L2 Japanese with transfer to production. In a pre-test, training, post-test design, 48 L1 English speakers were assigned to one of three groups: auditory-visual (AV) training using waveform displays, auditory-only (A-only), or no training. Within-group variables were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Auditory Perception
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Trofimovich, Pavel; McDonough, Kim; Foote, Jennifer A. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
The current study explored the occurrence of stress pattern alignment during peer interaction in a second language (L2) classroom. Interactive alignment is a sociocognitive phenomenon in which interlocutors reuse each other's expressions, structures, and pronunciation patterns during conversation. Students (N = 41) enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Phonology, Intonation, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Carey, Britany, Ed.; Sasayama, Shoko, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2011
The theme of this year's conference was "Check Your Vision for the Future" with papers highlighting emerging changes in language use and literature, as well as suggestions for improving language teaching and maintenance in the future. The plenary speech was given by Dr. Katie Drager, followed by student presentations. Following a preface…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Sex Stereotypes, Japanese
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Teaching, 2010
Over the past few decades perspectives on second language (L2) pronunciation have evolved from pessimistic appraisals of the capabilities of L2 learners and doubts about the value of instruction to a view of pronunciation teaching as an effective and important part of language pedagogy. Earlier research on the teaching of pronunciation dwelt…
Descriptors: Social Status, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Instructional Effectiveness