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Foreign Accents Revisited: The English Pronunciation of Russian Immigrants.
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Thompson, Irene – Language Learning, 1991
This study investigated factors associated with the acquisition of second-language pronunciation and methodological problems associated with the study of foreign accents. Thirty-six native speakers of Russian fluent in English read specifically constructed English sentences and a prose passage, and talked spontaneously about their daily routine.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Research, Language Skills