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ERIC Number: EJ177782
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Effect of Accent on Listening Comprehension: A Singapore Study
Wilcox, George K.
English Language Teaching Journal, 32, 2, 118-27, Jan 78
A study was conducted at Nanyang University in Singapore with Chinese-educated students who supposedly received 12 years of instruction in English but who were still deficient in the language. Comprehension of four different English accents were tested, and two tests of measuring aural comprehension were compared. (SW)
Descriptors: Dialects, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Research, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests
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Identifiers: Accent (Speech); Singapore