The Effect of Syntax, Speed, and Pauses on Listening Comprehension.

Blau, Eileen K.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Effect of Syntax, Speed, and Pauses on Listening Comprehension.

Blau, Eileen K.

TESOL Quarterly, v24 n4 p746-53 1990

The studies presented here represent an attempt to determine which of several alterations to the input directed to second-language learners affect comprehensibility. The first study manipulated both speed and syntax, and the second study examined the introduction of pauses into the input. (JL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Linguistic Input, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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