Five speech measures clearly distinguish L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels after data triangulation¶
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q3 i? Following data triangulation of quantitative speech measures, listener ratings, and teacher introspective reports, five speech measures were identified that clearly distinguished between L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels. → Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich 2012
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Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich 2012¶
Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich. (2012). DECONSTRUCTING COMPREHENSIBILITY: Identifying the Linguistic Influences on Listeners' L2 Comprehensibility Ratings. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 34, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263112000150
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Mixed-methods study correlating 19 quantitative speech measures of 40 native French learners of English with scalar comprehensibility judgments from 60 native English listeners, plus three ESL teachers' introspective reports. The article reports that "five speech measures were identified that clearly distinguished between L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels."
"Following data triangulation, five speech measures were identified that clearly distinguished between L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels."
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Related Claims¶
- Lexical richness and fluency measures differentiate between low-level L2 learners' comprehensibility — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Word stress errors discriminate between L2 learners of all comprehensibility levels — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Grammatical and discourse-level measures differentiate between high-level L2 learners' comprehensibility — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Five speech measures clearly distinguish L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels after data triangulation |
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Five speech measures clearly distinguish L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels after data triangulation |
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