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Direct linkDerwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J.; Thomson, Ronald I.; Rossiter, Marian J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
A fundamental question in the study of second language (L2) fluency is the extent to which temporal characteristics of speakers' first language (L1) productions predict the same characteristics in the L2. A close relationship between a speaker's L1 and L2 temporal characteristics would suggest that fluency is governed by an underlying trait. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Ukrainian, Immigrants
Munro, Murray J.; Derwing, Tracey M.; Morton, Susan L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
When understanding or evaluating foreign-accented speech, listeners are affected not only by properties of the speech itself but by their own linguistic backgrounds and their experience with different speech varieties. Given the latter influence, it is not known to what degree a diverse group of listeners might share a response to second language…
Descriptors: Mutual Intelligibility, Effect Size, Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers
Peer reviewedMunro, Murray J.; Derwing, Tracey M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2001
A study observed a significant curvilinear relationship between speaking rates and accentedness and comprehensibility judgments of utterances produced by users from a variety of first language backgrounds. A second study manipulated rates with speech compression-expansion software established that this effect was due to the rate differences rather…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Language Proficiency, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedDerwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
This study extends previous research on the relationships among intelligibility, perceived comprehensibility, and accentedness. The researchers obtained accent and comprehensibility ratings and transcriptions of accented speech of Cantonese, Japanese, Polish, and Spanish intermediate English-as-a-Second-Language students from native English…
Descriptors: Cantonese, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dialects
Peer reviewedDerwing, Tracey M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Discusses three experiments conducted to examine the effects of three types of elaboration--marked paraphrase, unmarked paraphrase, and unnecessary detail--on the listening comprehension of nonnative speakers. Findings indicate that the quality of elaboration has implications for listening comprehension in both the classroom and the workplace. (36…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedDerwing, Tracey M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Examination of the relation of speech rate to communicative success among native (NS) and non-native (NNS) English speakers indicated that NS generally did not adjust their articulation rate for NNS but did significantly increase pause time. Successful NS communicators did not adjust their speech rate, although those who significantly increased…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Language Patterns
