Michiko Toyama
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michiko Toyama is involved.
Articles
2026 The effect of pitch gesture observation on L2 English intonation production across learning phases Journal of Second Language Pronunciation: Online-First Articles | Article
Observing pitch gestures facilitates L2 intonation perception, but its impact on intonation production and performance over time remains unclear. Using a pre-, post-, and delayed-test design, this study examined how pitch gesture observation influences L2 English intonation production. Twenty… read more
2025 Effects of observing pitch gestures on the perception of English intonation by Japanese learners of English Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 11:1, pp. 26–45 | Article
The effects of observing pitch gestures on non-native English intonation perception among 80 Japanese learners of English were examined to uncover whether pitch gestures boost the perception of intonation patterns in the contexts of congruent, incongruent, and no gestures (CGs, IGs, and NGs,… read more