The present study examines transfer effect in learning English pronunciation by Japanese learners of English. They are known to have pronunciation difficulty accommodating non-native target sounds, and the production of L2 (target language) sounds depends on, in part, how they have established phonetic criteria for L2 nonnative contrasts. Acoustic analysis was made on vowels in Japanese, Americ...

Using sound to complement graphics and to present data is becoming increasingly popular. Sound can potentially reveal patterns and anomalies in data that are diicult to perceive visually. Moreover, psychological studies show that some types of data are more quickly assimilated when presented with sound; an audio alarm is the classic example. Unfortunately, the lack of standards governing the so...

background : cement industry has many process units. basically all of these units can be considered as a source of noise. since noise pollution is defined based on its offensive hearing effects, the importance of the noise sources depends directly on the number of workers in the unit.   materials and methods : an experimental study has been done at tehran cement factory to recognize and analyze...