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Peer reviewedFayer, Joan M.; Krasinski, Emily – Language Learning, 1987
It was found that native English speakers and native Spanish speakers who listened to tapes of Puerto Rican learners of English of various levels of proficiency differed principally in how they rated the linguistic form of the speakers and in the annoyance reported. Pronunciation and hesitations were reported by both groups as the most distracting…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes
