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Tsukada, Kimiko; Cox, Felicity; Hajek, John; Hirata, Yukari – Second Language Research, 2018
Learners of a foreign language (FL) typically have to learn to process sounds that do not exist in their first language (L1). As this is known to be difficult for adults, in particular, it is important for FL pedagogy to be informed by phonetic research. This study examined the role of FL learners' previous linguistic experience in the processing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Italian
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Daniels, Paul; Iwago, Koji – JALT CALL Journal, 2017
As online automatic speech recognition (ASR) engines become more accurate and more widely implemented with call software, it becomes important to evaluate the effectiveness and the accuracy of these recognition engines using authentic speech samples. This study investigates two of the most prominent cloud-based speech recognition engines--Apple's…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
Young, John A., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This mixed-methods study examined the beliefs and performance of 10 adult Japanese speakers of English regarding the phenomenon of contraction in spoken English. Over the course of three months, a collective case study approach involving listening tasks and semi-structured interviews was employed to investigate the topic from multiple dimensions,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Siegel, Joseph – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
This article describes an innovation in the teaching and learning of vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language classes. Whereas vocabulary coverage in classrooms and textbooks traditionally focuses on lists of target words in printed form, this article promotes the notion of "aural vocabulary" as an important part of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Hamada, Yo – Language Teaching Research, 2016
This study examines common claims associated with shadowing. Studies in Japan conclude that shadowing is effective for improving learners' listening skills. Two common claims are that shadowing is effective for lower-proficiency learners and that it enhances learners' phoneme perception, thus improving listening comprehension skills. The former…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Inoue, Tomohiro; Higashibara, Fumiko; Okazaki, Shinji; Maekawa, Hisao – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
We examined the effects of presentation rate on speech perception in noise and its relation to reading in 117 typically developing (TD) children and 10 children with reading difficulties (RD) in Japan. Responses in a speech perception task were measured for speed, accuracy, and stability in two conditions that varied stimulus presentation rate:…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Stimuli, Phonology, Auditory Perception
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Sato, Yutaka; Sogabe, Yuko; Mazuka, Reiko – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
Infants' speech perception abilities change through the first year of life, from broad sensitivity to a wide range of speech contrasts to becoming more finely attuned to their native language. What remains unclear, however, is how this perceptual change relates to brain responses to native language contrasts in terms of the functional…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Infants, Auditory Perception, Foreign Countries
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Saito, Kazuya – Language Learning, 2013
The current study investigated the impact of recasts together with form-focused instruction (FFI) on the development of second language speech perception and production of English /?/ by Japanese learners. Forty-five learners were randomly assigned to three groups--FFI recasts, FFI only, and Control--and exposed to four hours of communicatively…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Experimental Groups, Pronunciation, Auditory Perception
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Sekiyama, Kaoru; Burnham, Denis – Developmental Science, 2008
The McGurk effect paradigm was used to examine the developmental onset of inter-language differences between Japanese and English in auditory-visual speech perception. Participants were asked to identify syllables in audiovisual (with congruent or discrepant auditory and visual components), audio-only, and video-only presentations at various…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Auditory Perception, Native Speakers, Adults
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Motohashi-Saigo, Miki; Hardison, Debra M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
The value of waveform displays as visual feedback was explored in a training study involving perception and production of L2 Japanese by beginning-level L1 English learners. A pretest-posttest design compared auditory-visual (AV) and auditory-only (A-only) Web-based training. Stimuli were singleton and geminate /t,k,s/ followed by /a,u/ in two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Web Based Instruction
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Fukawa, Teruyo; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1988
Forty stutterers and forty nonstutterers in Japan were tested for susceptibility to delayed auditory feedback while reading passages under amplified delay conditions. Susceptibility was higher for stutterers than nonstutterers and for nonstuttering men than nonstuttering women. Stutterers appeared to rely on auditory feedback for speech control…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Murohashi, Harumitsu, Ed.; Fujino, Yuki, Ed. – 2002
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Joint Attention as a System Property of the Infant-Caregiver Interaction System"(Tsuneda Miho and Shing-Jen Chen); (2) "Age-Related Change in Japanese Maternal…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Perception
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Tachiiri, Hajime – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Discusses early detection of hearing impairment in Japan with particular reference to the system used in Tokushima Prefecture. Suggests that a required screening of all children at 18 months of age resulted in 2 developments: (1) all the hard-of-hearing children were identified; and (2) public health nurses became more alert to hearing impairment…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
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Hirota, Eiko; Tanaka, Yoshisato – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Discusses the Home Training Program for congenital hearing-impaired infants and their families administered by the Teikyo University Hospital. Suggests that the program is based on the maximum use of residual hearing, early identification of hearing impairment and early intervention, and support for parents. (AA)
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
Miura, Ichiro – IRAL, 1996
Reports on the perceptual discrimination of segmental and suprasegmental phones by Japanese learners of English. Results reveal that early learners showed better discrimination performance than normal learners and confirmed the usefulness of learning English at an early age. (16 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Child Language, Elementary School Students
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