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Is L2 Pronunciation Affected by Increased Task Complexity in Pronunciation-Unfocused Speaking Tasks?
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Direct linkIngrid Mora-Plaza; Joan C. Mora; Mireia Ortega; Cristina Aliaga-Garcia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study examines the effects of task complexity on second language (L2) pronunciation accuracy and global pronunciation measures in pronunciation-unfocused tasks and assesses the relationship between acoustic and listener-based pronunciation measures. Eighty-two Catalan/Spanish learners of English performed simple and complex versions of a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Camryn Claire Terblanche; Michelle Pascoe; Michal Harty – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: There is a global need for synthetic speech development in multiple languages and dialects, as many children who cannot communicate using their natural voice struggle to find synthetic voices on high-technology devices that match their age, social and linguistic background. Aims: To document multiple stakeholders' perspectives…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Child Language, African Languages, Foreign Countries
Lilia Savova; Maryam Azarnoosh – TESOL Journal, 2024
To examine speaker role models (SRMs) in second language acquisition (SLA), this study explored the sociolinguistic "English as a lingua franca" (ELF) perspective targeting international intelligibility. Thus, it examined the way ELF learners align with self-selected English speakers and anonymous (audio-recorded) English speakers as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Role Models, Self Concept
Michael D. Carey; Stefan Szocs – Language Testing, 2024
This controlled experimental study investigated the interaction of variables associated with rating the pronunciation component of high-stakes English-language-speaking tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iBT. One hundred experienced raters who were all either familiar or unfamiliar with Brazilian-accented English or Papua New Guinean Tok Pisin-accented…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Suprasegmentals, Familiarity
Akiko Fuse; Krysteena Alloggio; Seung-Yun Yang – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of the listener's education and occupation on intelligibility, comprehensibility (ease of understanding), and accentedness in speakers of Russian-accented American English (RA), Southern-accented American English (SA), and General American English (GAE). Native English listeners (N=126) rated…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Sugene Kim – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study examines L2 speakers' accent attitudes in relation to their linguistic profile and current practices, recruiting 107 multilingual postgraduate students of 34 different nationalities enrolled in leading research universities in Japan. The participants completed a survey regarding their perceptions of different English varieties in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Official Languages, Language Role
