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Improving L2 Listeners' Perception of English Vowels: A Computer-Mediated Approach by Thomson, Ron I.

“…A high variability phonetic training technique was employed to train 26 Mandarin speakers to better perceive ten English vowels. In eight short training…”
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Empirical Approaches to Measuring the Intelligibility of Different Varieties of English in Predicting Listener Comprehension by Kang, Okim, Thomson, Ron I., Moran, Meghan

“…This study compared five research‐based intelligibility measures as they were applied to six varieties of English. The objective was to determine which…”
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Rater Experience, Rating Scale Length, and Judgments of L2 Pronunciation: Revisiting Research Conventions by Isaacs, Talia, Thomson, Ron I.

“…This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience on listeners' judgments of second-language (L2) speech. Twenty…”
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Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training: Targeting Second Language Vowel Perception Improves Pronunciation by Thomson, Ron I.

“…This paper first provides an overview of factors that constrain ultimate attainment in adult second language (L2) pronunciation, finding that first language…”
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Second Language Fluency: Judgments on Different Tasks by Derwing, Tracey M., Rossiter, Marian J., Munro, Murray J., Thomson, Ron I.

“…In this study we determined whether untrained raters’ assessments of fluency in low‐proficiency second language speech were related to temporal measures and…”
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Oral Fluency: The Neglected Component in the Communicative Language Classroom by Rossiter, Marian J, Derwing, Tracey M, Manimtim, Linda G, Thomson, Ron I

“…In this paper, we argue that current instructional ESL resources must be supplemented to facilitate the effective development of learners' oral fluency. We…”
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The Effectiveness of Drama as an Instructional Approach for the Development of Second Language Oral Fluency, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness by GALANTE, ANGELICA, THOMSON, RON I.

“…Although the development of second language (L2) oral fluency has been widely investigated over the past several decades, there remains a paucity of research…”
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The Effectiveness of L2 Pronunciation Instruction: A Narrative Review by Thomson, Ron I, Derwing, Tracey M

“…Research on the efficacy of second language (L2) pronunciation instruction has produced mixed results, despite reports of significant improvement in many…”
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Which Features of Accent affect Understanding? Exploring the Intelligibility Threshold of Diverse Accent Varieties by Kang, Okim, Thomson, Ron I, Moran, Meghan

“…With the ascendency of English as a global lingua franca, a clearer understanding of what constitutes intelligible speech is needed. However, research…”
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Commentary: When the Easy Becomes Difficult: Factors Affecting the Acquisition of the English /iː/-/ɪ/ Contrast and On the Difficulty of Defining “Difficult” in Second-Language Vowel Acquisition by Thomson, Ron I.

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English pronunciation and fluency development in Mandarin and Slavic speakers by Derwing, Tracey M., Thomson, Ron I., Munro, Murray J.

“…The development of accent and fluency are traced in the speech of 20 Mandarin and 20 Slavic adult immigrants to Canada over a period of 10 months. The…”
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How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study by Thomson, Ron I., Derwing, Tracey M., Munro, Murray J.

“…We examined the naturalistic pronunciation development of two groups of L2 speakers over 10 years. Initially, 50 beginner ESL students participated in…”
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A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development by Derwing, Tracey M., Munro, Murray J., Thomson, Ron I.

“…This longitudinal mixed-methods study compared the oral fluency of well-educated adult immigrants from Mandarin and Slavic language backgrounds (16 per group)…”
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A modified statistical pattern recognition approach to measuring the crosslinguistic similarity of Mandarin and English vowels by Thomson, Ron I., Nearey, Terrance M., Derwing, Tracey M.

“…This study describes a statistical approach to measuring crosslinguistic vowel similarity and assesses its efficacy in predicting L2 learner behavior. In the…”
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Incongruence in second language vowel perception and production by Thomson, Ron I., Munro, Murray J.

“…Nearey’s work on double-weak theory has brought to the fore the conceptualization of native-language (L1) speech perception and production as autonomous…”
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Speaker and listener variables affecting second language vowel intelligibility by Thomson, Ron I.

“…Research investigating the development of second language (L2) phonology often relies on native speaker evaluation of L2 productions. However, listener…”
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Lexical frequency, orthographic information, and first-language effects on second-language pronunciation by Thomson, Ron I., Isaacs, Talia

“…In L2 speech learning, lexical frequency may play a facilitative role, whereby perception and production of sounds found in high-frequency lexical items will…”
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English vowel learning by speakers of Mandarin by Thomson, Ron I.

“…One of the most influential models of second language (L2) speech perception and production [Flege, Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience (York,…”
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Categorization of a s i b i l a n t + v o w e l continuum in Japanese, Mandarin, and English by Nearey, Terrance M., Okamoto, Aya, Zhang, Chunling, Thomson, Ron I.

“…A continuum of 168 synthetic sibilant+vowel stimuli was categorized by listeners of three languages (Japanese, Mandarin, and English). The contoid portion of…”
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