Doing L2 speech research online: Why and how to collect online ratings data

CL Nagle, I Rehman - Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021 - cambridge.org
Listener-based ratings have become a prominent means of defining second language (L2)
users' global speaking ability. In most cases, local listeners are recruited to evaluate speech …

Optimizing second language pronunciation instruction: Replications of Martin and Sippel (2021), Olson and Offerman (2021), and Thomson (2012)

C Nagle, P Hiver - Language Teaching, 2024 - cambridge.org
An important shift in language learning research is the understanding that pronunciation
instruction is necessary to ensure learners' balanced development in pronunciation and …

Beyond linguistic features: Exploring behavioral and affective correlates of comprehensible second language speech

CL Nagle, P Trofimovich, MG O'Brien… - Studies in Second …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Comprehensibility, or ease of understanding, has emerged as an important construct in
second language (L2) speech research. Many studies have examined the linguistic features …

Is it possible to measure word-level comprehensibility and accentedness as independent constructs of pronunciation knowledge?

T Uchihara - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study aims to explore the validity of measuring comprehensibility versus
accentedness of L2 words as a construct of word pronunciation knowledge. Two research …

Exploring linguistic stereotyping of international students at a Canadian university

K McDonough, P Trofimovich, O Tekin… - Journal of Multilingual …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although international students often report satisfaction with their studies and view Canada
as being tolerant and multicultural, increasing anti-Asian sentiment triggered by the global …

Siri as an interactive pronunciation coach: its impact on EFL learners

SM Alharthi - Cogent Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Language is a powerful tool that facilitates communication, knowledge acquisition,
and negotiation of meaning, but it is a complex skill for English as foreign language (EFL) …

How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study

RI Thomson, TM Derwing, MJ Munro - Language Awareness, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We examined the naturalistic pronunciation development of two groups of L2 speakers over
10 years. Initially, 50 beginner ESL students participated in production tasks; despite …

On the difficulty of defining “difficult” in second-language vowel acquisition

MJ Munro - Frontiers in Communication, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hierarchies of difficulty in second-language (L2) phonology have long played a role in the
postulation and evaluation of learning models. In L2 pronunciation teaching, hierarchies are …

Listening to accents: Comprehensibility, accentedness and intelligibility of native and non-native English speech

G Verbeke, E Simon - Lingua, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates how well English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners report
understanding (ie comprehensibility) and actually understand (ie intelligibility) native and …

Revisiting the moderating effect of speaker proficiency on the relationships among intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 Spanish

A Huensch, C Nagle - Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023 - cambridge.org
This report examines the potential impacts of task and proficiency on listener judgments of
intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 Spanish. This study extends …