Teaching a Foreign Language? Best in the Accent of the Listener

[Francis Hult]

Newswise

 

Teaching a Foreign Language?  Best in the Accent of the Listener

 

Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the 'original' accent of that language, shows a new study from the University of Haifa. The study was published in the prestigious Journal of Psycholinguistic Research.

 

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http://www.newswise.com/articles/teaching-a-foreign-language-is-best-in-the-accent-of-the-listener

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