Conversational and clear speech intelligibility of /bVd/ syllables produced by native and non-native English speakers

A Comparison of Fundamental Frequency Patterns in Conversational and Clear Speech Produced by Native and Non-Native English Speakers By

"C u @ d Uni": Analysis of academic emails written by native and non-native English speakers

The present study examined email communication practices of two groups of students in Iran and the United States to uncover the probable differences between Iranian and American email communication norms. The study also aimed at investigating how power distance in academic centers influences students’ choices of communication strategies in email writing. The use of two politeness strategies nam...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

native speaker norms and teaching english to non_native speakers : the case of iranian efl learners

امروزه، این که زبان انگلیسی سریع ترین و گسترده ترین زبان مورد استفاده در سراسر جهان است به عنوان یک واقعیت پذیرفته شده است. استفاده مشترک از زبان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان بین المللی مستلزم هنجارها و مدل های یادگیری و تدریس زبان است. زبان شناسان توجه ویژه ای به مفهوم "زبان مادری" به عنوان تنها منبع درست و قابل اعتماد از داده های زبان می داده اند.با این حال، این اصطلاح به اندازه کافی روشن به نظر ...

judgments of ielts writing task ii by non-native and native english speaking teacher raters :an outlook on inter-rating variability

abstract i the purpose of this study was to launch a thorough investigation concerning the possibility of differing orientations to the writing proficiency construct by native and non-native english speaking teacher raters. it mainly revolved around the international english language testing system (ielts) that is widely administered and employed as a measure of general proficiency in englis...