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Unfamiliar Accented English Negatively Affects EFL Listening Comprehension: It Helps to be a More Able Accent Mimic

Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2018-08, Vol.47 (4), p.899-911 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 ;Journal of Psycholinguistic Research is a copyright of Springer, (2018). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0090-6905 ;EISSN: 1573-6555 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10936-018-9562-y ;PMID: 29417452

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Title:
Unfamiliar Accented English Negatively Affects EFL Listening Comprehension: It Helps to be a More Able Accent Mimic
Author: Cheng, Yu-Lin
Subjects: Accentuation ; Adaptation ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Audio Equipment ; Audiolingual Methods ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Cognitive Psychology ; Comprehension - physiology ; Dialects ; English (Second Language) ; English as a second language learning ; English as an international language ; English language ; English Language Learners ; Female ; Humans ; Imitation ; Knowledge ; Language ; Language proficiency ; Learning - physiology ; Learning transfer ; Listening Comprehension ; Male ; Multilingualism ; Non-native accent ; Phonetics ; Phonology ; Pronunciation ; Psycholinguistics ; Psychology ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Speech Intelligibility - physiology ; Speech Perception - physiology ; Success ; Vocabulary ; Vocabulary Development ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2018-08, Vol.47 (4), p.899-911
Description: In this study, EFL learners who listened to four short context-rich audio files each delivered in an unfamiliar English accent were required to produce best-attempt transcriptions and accent imitation recordings. Results indicate that exposure alone does not suffice to eliminate accent impact on EFL listeners. Importantly, results from one-way ANOVA analyses reveal between-participants differences in residual accent impact, vocabulary knowledge, and quality of accent imitation. Results from a linear mixed-effects model analysis, while suggesting that other unidentified factors may also assist EFL listeners in processing unfamiliar accented English, demonstrate that the more able mimics cope more successfully with unfamiliar accents than the less able mimics. Counter-intuitively, vocabulary knowledge is rejected as a predictor for success in reducing accent impact. A logical explanation for this particular finding is that a larger vocabulary repertoire aids listeners where there is no interference from unfamiliar accents. Given these findings, to better prepare EFL listeners for the English-as-an-International-Language world, training should include both listening to a variety of native and non-native accents and performing accent imitation (reproduction) exercises to further expand listeners’ phonological-phonetic flexibility.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-6905
EISSN: 1573-6555
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-018-9562-y
PMID: 29417452
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Unfamiliar Accented English Negatively Affects EFL Listening Comprehension: It Helps to be a More Able Accent Mimic

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 ;Journal of Psycholinguistic Research is a copyright of Springer, (2018). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0090-6905 ;EISSN: 1573-6555 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10936-018-9562-y ;PMID: 29417452

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