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Oct 25, 2023 · The nonsignificant results for speech rate and articulation rate in the L2 English group can be attributed to the fact that L2 speakers generally speak at a slower rate, and with their incomplete linguistic knowledge of the L2, they may find it difficult to manipulate the speed of their performance to match the pragmatic aims of the task.
Dec 1, 2023 · L2 speech development is commonly considered the most challenging aspect of second language acquisition (SLA). There are at least two theoretical views that try to account for the reasons behind the difficulty of L2 speech development by highlighting its difference from L1 speech development.
Introduction. Why are some sounds harder to learn than others? A Japanese learner of English may have difficulty acquiring a novel L2 English [l]/ [ɹ] contrast ( Brown, 2000) but less difficulty acquiring a novel L2 Russian [l]/ [r] contrast ( Larson Hall, 2004 ).
- John Archibald
- 2021
Fluency refers to listener’s perception of the rhythm and flow of speech, comprehensibility refers to ease of understanding, or how much effort the listener has to invest to understand the speaker, and accentedness refers to the extent to which speech deviates from a target variety of the L2 (see, e.g., Derwing & Munro, Reference Derwing and ...
- Charles L. Nagle, Ivana Rehman
- 2021
Jun 8, 2022 · Most of the questions in the “attitude toward visual speech” scale focused on listening to English. As speech in an L2 is usually not completely intelligible from the auditory signal alone, it is not surprising that L2 listeners rated visual speech as more beneficial than L1 listeners for comprehension.
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Oct 20, 2023 · Among these factors, auditory processing, defined as one’s capacity to encode and proceduralize spectral and temporal characteristics of sounds, has recently been shown to...
Dec 16, 2011 · We conclude that (a) while all stages of processing are likely to be slowed down when speaking in an L2 compared to an L1, the differences seem to originate at a lexical stage; and (b) frequency of use seems to be the variable mainly responsible for these bilingual processing disadvantages.
