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Direct linkSonya Bird; Rae Anne Claxton; Maida Percival – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2023
As is typical across Turtle Island, the Hul'q'umi'num' (Coast Salish) language revitalization movement is being carried by adult language learners (Haynes 2010; McIvor 2015) but becoming a proficient Hul'q'umi'num' speaker is challenging given the complexity of its sound system. In this paper, we share our experiences using the speech analysis…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Maintenance, Language Research, Documentation
Download full textLight, Justine; Gnida, Sara – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
This article presents the development, rollout, and subsequent uptake of the Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL) document Best Practices for "Adult English as a Second Language (ESL)/Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programming" in the light of literature on teacher engagement with second-language…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Isaacs, Talia; Thomson, Ron I. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience on listeners' judgments of second-language (L2) speech. Twenty experienced and 20 novice raters, who were randomly assigned to 5-point or 9-point rating scale conditions, judged speech samples of 38 newcomers to Canada on numerical rating scales for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
