L2 speech assessment by native and nonnative listeners: segmental sounds and suprasegmental features
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This study compares native and nonnative listeners’ assessments of L2 speech produced by Korean learners of English in terms of six pronunciation features: intonation, stress, reduced speech, linking, individual sounds, and consonant clusters. Speech samples from fifteen advanced English learners were recorded and then rated by native and nonnative listeners. The results show that nonnative listeners provide higher ratings for L2 speech than native listeners for all of the features except individual sounds. For three suprasegmental features – intonation, stress, and reduced speech – nonnative listeners’ ratings are significantly higher than those of native listeners, indicating that suprasegmental features are less salient to nonnative listeners than to native listeners. The native listeners also point out that overall, the L2 speech samples sound flat and unnatural due to the lack of appropriate intonation and stress. Considering that in L2 speech pronunciation the role of prosodic or suprasegmental features outweighs that of segmental sounds, the focus on suprasegmental features needs to be increased in L2 pronunciation instruction.
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This study compares native and nonnative listeners’ assessments of L2 speech produced by Korean learners of English in terms of six pronunciation features: intonation, stress, reduced speech, linking, individual sounds, and consonant clusters. Speech samples from fifteen advanced English learners were recorded and then rated by native and nonnative listeners. The results show that nonnative listeners provide higher ratings for L2 speech than native listeners for all of the features except individual sounds. For three suprasegmental features – intonation, stress, and reduced speech – nonnative listeners’ ratings are significantly higher than those of native listeners, indicating that suprasegmental features are less salient to nonnative listeners than to native listeners. The native listeners also point out that overall, the L2 speech samples sound flat and unnatural due to the lack of appropriate intonation and stress. Considering that in L2 speech pronunciation the role of prosodic or suprasegmental features outweighs that of segmental sounds, the focus on suprasegmental features needs to be increased in L2 pronunciation instruction.
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