Turkish pre-service teachers of English showed low baseline competency, with approximately 80% failing to recognize the pitch patterns of If-clauses on the pre-test¶

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Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? On the written pre-test, approximately 80% of the 61 participants failed to recognize the pitch patterns of If-clauses, indicating a need for remedial training. → Topal 2018

Evidence¶

Topal 2018¶

Topal, İ.H. (2018). An investigation into the recognition and production of pitch patterns of if-clauses by turkish pre-service teachers of english. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 14(4), 285-300. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1201884

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Descriptive analysis of the written and oral pre-tests of 61 Turkish freshman ELT participants. The author reports that "Approximately 80% of the participants failed to recognize the pitch patterns of If-clauses in general" and about half failed at production, leading to the remedial session.

"Approximately 80% of the participants failed to recognize the pitch patterns of If-clauses in general. Regarding the production of the pitch patterns of If-clauses, approximately half of the participants failed to produce the correct pitch patterns of If-clauses"

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Related Claims¶

• A six-hour remedial training session significantly improved participants' recognition of If-clause pitch patterns (p < .05) — related