Learning non-Swedish speech sounds : A study of Swedish students’ pronunciation and ability to learn English phonemes

Previous research has shown that L2 students have difficulties producing and even recognising sounds that do not exist in their mother tongue. It has also been concluded that accented speech not only compromises intelligibility but also makes the listener negatively biased towards the speaker. The p...

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Main Author: Reinholdsson, Tommy
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Karlstads universitet, Centrum för språk- och litteraturdidaktik 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-31658