Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ519945
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Publication Date: 1995
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Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners.
Munro, Murray J.; Derwing, Tracey M.
Language Learning, v45 n1 p73-97 Mar 1995
Examines the interrelationships among accentedness, perceived comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second-language (L2) learners. The findings suggest that although strength of foreign accent is correlated with perceived comprehensibility and intelligibility, a strong foreign accent does not necessarily reduce the comprehensibility or intelligibility of L2 speech. (35 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Listening Comprehension, Models, Oral Language, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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