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Developing Interpreter Trainees' Speech Comprehensibility: Does Nativeness of the Instructor Matter?
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Download full textMahmood Yenkimaleki; Vincent J. van Heuven – TESL-EJ, 2024
This study examines the effect of native "vs." non-native prosody instruction on developing interpreter trainees' speech comprehensibility in English as a foreign language (EFL) using a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest design. Twenty-three groups of 28 interpreter trainees at a University in Iran (six different branches) took part in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkYenkimaleki, Mahmood; van Heuven, Vincent J.; Soodmand Afshar, Hassan – Language Learning Journal, 2023
The present study investigated the efficacy of segmental/suprasegmental vs. holistic pronunciation instruction in the development of listening comprehension skills by EFL learners, using a pre-test post-test design. Six groups of 20 intermediate EFL learners at a university in Iran took part in the study, all groups receiving the same amount of…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Intonation, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language)
Mirfatemi, Fatemeh; Sadeghi, Amir; Niyazi, Mitra P. – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
Supra-segmental features refer to various forms of intonation and how words and sentences are uttered. Such features challenge meaning and comprehension, too. Despite the importance of these features and their reported association with phonological awareness and linguistic comprehension, their effects on reading comprehension have not been…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
