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ERIC Number: EJ629605
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
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The Role of Tone Choice in Improving ITA Communication in the Classroom.
Pickering, Lucy
TESOL Quarterly, v35 n2 p233-55 Sum 2001
Examines the role of tone choice in the classroom communication of international teaching assistants. Compares the tone choices of native-English speaking and nonnative ITAs during their classroom presentations, finding important differences in both the numbers of tone choices and the way tones are used. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Intonation, Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Assistants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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