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ERIC Number: EJ415101
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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Speech Rate Is No Simple Matter: Rate Adjustment and NS-NNS Communicative Success.
Derwing, Tracey M.
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v12 n3 p303-13 Sep 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 pause time had difficulty communicating with NNS. (24 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Listening Comprehension, Native Speakers, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Speech Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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