[lg policy] Teaching a Foreign Language? Best in the Accent of the Listener

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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.



Full story:

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





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