Join me in my PSLLT presentation titled
Perception and Awareness of Linking for Non-Native Speakers of English: The Role of Speech Visualization Technology
Non-native speakers of English were shown to link their words significantly less often than native speaker. However, no study has investigated the perception of linking by NNSs. This pilot study examines the perception level of linking for NNSs. In a prestest-posttest design, the study also attempts to determine whether the technology of waveforms can affect learners' perception of consonant-to-vowel and vowel-to-vowel linking in English. Learners’ opinions were surveyed about the efficacy of using waveforms to raise their awareness of how linking is used in American English... Learn More
