Publications

Publication details [#61715]

French, Robert and Gary J. Ockey. 2016. From One to Multiple Accents on a Test of L2 Listening Comprehension. Applied Linguistics 37 (5) : 693–715.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accent1 | evaluation | familiarity | L2-acquisition | listening

Language as a subject

English, American | English, Australian | English, British

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

Even in rather light accent cases, accent strength and familiarity impact L2 listening grasp, as illustrated by TOEFL-testers listening to speakers of Australian, British, and US English. Rating multidialectal listening abilities becomes progressively ruling for global contexts.