Open AccessThe role of vowel length in comprehension during cross-cultural communication: An action research project
Author(s) -
Gareth Morgan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of advances in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2348-3024
DOI - 10.24297/jal.v7i1.5163
Subject(s) - intelligibility (philosophy) , comprehension , vowel , active listening , psychology , listening comprehension , action research , linguistics , computer science , communication , speech recognition , pedagogy , philosophy , epistemology
The paper describes the process and outcomes of an action research project with the aim of determining whether focusing classroom input on vowel length has a positive effect on the production and comprehension of these sounds. The statistics were generated from respondents listening to the output of speakers from an experimental group, who had received instruction on this issue, and to the output of speakers from a control group, who had not been provided with any input, with the rate of intelligibility being compared. The conclusion drawn is t