This thesis examines systematic sources of variance in raters' judgments of second (L2) language speech, including rater cognitive and experience variables, rating scale properties, and characteristics of the speech, in order to better understand influences on raters' scoring decisions. The thesis culminates in the development of an empirically-based L2 comprehensibility scale that describes, with greater precision, the quality of speech that is characteristic at different comprehensibility levels. Study 1 examines the effect of individual differences in raters' cognitive abilities on their ratings of L2 speech. Thirty music majors and 30 non-music majors rated 40 L2 speech samples for comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency and were ...
This study examines how specific variables such as age, first language, nationality, school grade an...
Second language (L2) speech is typically less fluent than native speech, and differs from it phoneti...
Over three decades ago, Michael Canale summarized what he considered to be the challenges facing lan...
This thesis examines systematic sources of variance in raters' judgments of second (L2) language spe...
This thesis examines systematic sources of variance in raters' judgments of second (L2) language spe...
This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience on listene...
This study investigates how Mandarin and Slavic language speakers’ comprehensibility, accentedness, ...
Comprehensibility, which refers to listeners’ perception of how easy or difficult it is for them to ...
This study examined the relationship between targeted pronunciation instruction in French as a secon...
Whereas many scholars have emphasized the relative importance of comprehensibility as an ecologicall...
Second language (L2) speech is typically less fluent than native speech, and differs from it phoneti...
The current study investigated linguistic influences on comprehensibility (ease of understanding) an...
The current project investigated the extent to which several lexical aspects of second language (L2)...
This dissertation investigates how second language (L2) speakers perceive non-native speech and how ...
This study analyzed the contribution of lexical factors to native-speaking raters’ assessments of co...
This study examines how specific variables such as age, first language, nationality, school grade an...
Second language (L2) speech is typically less fluent than native speech, and differs from it phoneti...
Over three decades ago, Michael Canale summarized what he considered to be the challenges facing lan...
This thesis examines systematic sources of variance in raters' judgments of second (L2) language spe...
This thesis examines systematic sources of variance in raters' judgments of second (L2) language spe...
This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience on listene...
This study investigates how Mandarin and Slavic language speakers’ comprehensibility, accentedness, ...
Comprehensibility, which refers to listeners’ perception of how easy or difficult it is for them to ...
This study examined the relationship between targeted pronunciation instruction in French as a secon...
Whereas many scholars have emphasized the relative importance of comprehensibility as an ecologicall...
Second language (L2) speech is typically less fluent than native speech, and differs from it phoneti...
The current study investigated linguistic influences on comprehensibility (ease of understanding) an...
The current project investigated the extent to which several lexical aspects of second language (L2)...
This dissertation investigates how second language (L2) speakers perceive non-native speech and how ...
This study analyzed the contribution of lexical factors to native-speaking raters’ assessments of co...
This study examines how specific variables such as age, first language, nationality, school grade an...
Second language (L2) speech is typically less fluent than native speech, and differs from it phoneti...
Over three decades ago, Michael Canale summarized what he considered to be the challenges facing lan...