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Perception Abilities of L1 Cypriot Greek Listeners--Types of Errors Involving Plosive Consonants in L2 English
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Kkese, E.; Petinou, K. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
This paper investigates the difficulties adult second language (L2) users of English encounter with plosive consonants in the L2. It presents the results of a task examining the acquisition of plosive voicing contrasts by college students with Cypriot Greek (CG) linguistic background. The task focused on the types of errors involving plosive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Impact of iPod Touch-Supported Repeated Reading on the English Oral Reading Fluency of L2 Students with Specific Learning Difficulties
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Charalambous, Marina – The EUROCALL Review, 2014
In recent years the use of new technologies has been extensively explored in different aspects of language learning pedagogy. The objective of this research was to investigate the impact Repeated Reading activity, supported by iPod Touch could have on the English Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) of second language university students with Special…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
Speech Patterns in Cypriot-Greek Late Talkers
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Petinou, Kakia; Okalidou, Areti – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
The investigation longitudinally examined the phonetic skills of Cypriot-Greek children with late onset of expressive vocabulary. The rate of phonological development within short time increments and the identification of possible speech constraints motivating slow development of expressive language were examined. Participants were seven…
Descriptors: Young Children, Delayed Speech, Phonetics, Greek