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Direct linkTaguchi, Naoko; Hirschi, Kevin; Kang, Okim – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study investigated whether L2 English learners' prosodic properties in speech acts change as they are immersed in the English-speaking academic community over time, and if so, what individual and contextual factors (proficiency, orientation to language study, and target language contact) potentially affect these changes. Forty-seven Japanese…
Descriptors: Intonation, Speech Acts, Suprasegmentals, Phonology
The Roles of Suprasegmental Features in Predicting English Oral Proficiency with an Automated System
Kang, Okim; Johnson, David – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
Suprasegmental features have received growing attention in the field of oral assessment. In this article we describe a set of computer algorithms that automatically scores the oral proficiency of non-native speakers using unconstrained English speech. The algorithms employ machine learning and 11 suprasegmental measures divided into four groups…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Oral English
Kermad, Alyssa; Kang, Okim – TESOL Journal, 2019
High-stakes tasks may prevent language learners from performing successfully due to factors of "communicative stress" (Skehan, 1996, p. 52). Little research, however, has directly examined phonological patterns in learners' performances on low-stakes, medium-stakes, and high-stakes classroom tasks. The current study investigated the oral…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Stress Variables, Intensive Language Courses, English (Second Language)
Download full textKang, Okim; Vo, Son Ca Thanh; Moran, Meghan Kerry – TESL-EJ, 2016
Research in second language speech has often focused on listeners' accent judgment and factors that affect their perception. However, the topic of listeners' application of specific sound categories in their own perceptual judgments has not been widely investigated. The current study explored how listeners from diverse language backgrounds weighed…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Phonology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kang, Okim – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
Few prior studies have examined degree of fidelity between raters' assessments of oral performances and objectively observable prosodic indices of accentedness. Prosodic indices of accentedness quantify trait-relevant variance, whereas rater background variables represent trait-irrelevant variance. The present study, therefore, investigated the…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Speech, Oral Language, Language Proficiency
Kang, Okim – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Suprasegmentals have been emphasized in ESL/EFL pedagogy since the advent of communicative language teaching. However, it is still unclear how individual suprasegmental features affect listeners' judgments of non-native speakers' accented speech. The current study began to specify relative weights of individual temporal and prosodic features for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Suprasegmentals, Computer Software, Teaching Assistants
