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Direct linkKazuya Saito – Language Teaching, 2023
In this paper, I first provide a brief review of how scholars have conceptualized, tested, and elaborated aptitude frameworks relevant to second language (L2) speech learning. Subsequently, I introduce an emerging paradigm that assigns a fundamental role to domain-general auditory processing (i.e., having a good ear) in L1 speech acquisition and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude
Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study tested the effects of hand-clapping to the rhythm of newly learned French words on the pronunciation of these words by 7- to 8-year-old Catalan children. In a short training experiment with a pre- and posttest design, 28 children either repeated cognate words in French (e.g. French "aspirateur," Catalan "aspirador"…
Descriptors: French, Language Rhythm, Motor Reactions, Pronunciation
Catalina Iliescu-Gheorghiu – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2024
Intercultural studies have underexplored the issue of children's theatre as a tool for symbolic representations of (new, hybrid) identities. In this paper, I analyze two theatrical productions addressing both Spanish society and Romanian diaspora (first/second generation) to answer these questions: how are diasporic identities re-constructed in…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Download full textQuesada Vázquez, Leticia – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study investigates the efficacy of explicit rhythm instruction to improve engineering students' prosody in English. A pronunciation module of ten weekly sessions of 30 minutes held within the class schedule was designed for a technical English course at Rovira i Virgili University. Sessions were outlined using a communicative framework. Two…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Fouz-González, Jonás – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This paper presents the results of a study aimed at exploring the possibilities Twitter offers for pronunciation instruction. It investigates the potential of a Twitter-based approach based on explicit instruction and input enhancement techniques to help English Foreing Language (EFL) learners improve their pronunciation of segmental and…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Social Media, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
