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The Effects of Nonnative Accents on Listening Comprehension: Implications for ESL Assessment.
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Major, Roy C.; Fitzmaurice, Susan F.; Bunta, Ferenc; Balasubramanian, Chandricka – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Examined the extent to which native-English speaking and English-as-a-Second-Language listeners performed better on a test when the speaker shared their native language. Four groups of listeners with different native languages heard lectures presented in English by speakers of different native languages. Both native and nonnative listeners scored…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Native Speakers
Losing English as a First Language.
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Major, Roy C. – Modern Language Journal, 1992
A study of variations in the English and Portuguese phonology of native English speakers who emigrated to Brazil found that all subjects suffered a loss of English proficiency, with Portuguese proficiency adversely affecting the degree of English loss, particularly in casual as opposed to formal speech. (64 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Markedness Universals and the Acquisition of Voicing Contrasts by Korean Speakers of English.
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Major, Roy C.; Faudree, Michael C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Studies native speakers of Korean to determine the role of universals in their acquisition of English obstruent voicing contrasts. Data were collected from a passage and a word list containing voiced and voiceless obstruents in initial, medial, and final word positions. Results reflected principles of markedness, universals of L1 acquisition, and…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adults, Consonants, English (Second Language)