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Direct linkAhn, Hyejeong; Choi, Naya; Kiaer, Jieun – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This study investigates what characteristics are considered important for a hypothetical multilingual person to be perceived as a "native" speaker of English. The data was collected from 521 participants from the United Kingdom, Singapore and South Korea, responding to a survey comprised of 30 questions with opportunities for qualitative…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Speakers, Ethnicity, English (Second Language)
Saito, Kazuya; Shintani, Natsuko – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2016
The current study examined the extent to which native speakers of North American and Singapore English differentially perceive the comprehensibility (ease of understanding) of second language (L2) speech. Spontaneous speech samples elicited from 50 Japanese learners of English with various proficiency levels were first rated by 10 Canadian and 10…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, North American English, Pronunciation, English
Zhang, Dongbo – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study examined the similarities and differences in the functioning of component processes underlying first language (L1) and second language (L2) word reading in Chinese. Fourth-grade Chinese children in Singapore were divided into L1 and L2 reader groups based on whether they used Mandarin or English as their home language. Both groups were…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, English, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
Wong, Betty; Brebner, Chris; McCormack, Paul; Butcher, Andy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: The nature of speech disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) remains controversial despite various explanations put forth in the literature to account for the observed speech profiles. A high level of word production inconsistency in children with DS has led researchers to query whether the inconsistency continues into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Down Syndrome, Receptive Language
So, Wing Chee – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to examine cross-cultural differences in gesture frequency and the extent to which exposure to two cultures would affect the gesture frequency of bilinguals when speaking in both languages. The Chinese-speaking monolinguals from China, English-speaking monolinguals from America, and Chinese-English bilinguals from…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Asian Culture, Cultural Differences
Hampden-Turner, Charles – Cambridge University Press, 2009
Is it possible to teach someone to be an entrepreneur? Is innovation something that can be assessed and taught in a classroom? Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship answers these and other questions by focusing on a teaching experiment in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University, wherein classes of English-speaking Singaporeans and…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intellectual Property, Instructional Innovation, Innovation
