Akiko Chamberlain
International University of Health and Welfare
Akiko Chamberlain is an instructor of International University of Health and Welfare. Her interests are teaching pronunciation and grammar for the learners of EFL.
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The Acquisition of Suprasegmentals in L2 English
The present study examines how college-level Japanese students acquire suprasegmental features of English pronunciation through explicit instruction. The suprasegmental differences between English and Japanese such as syllable structures and rhythmic differences were explicitly taught to students, and then the students learned to reduce sounds and control syllable duration at the word, phrase, and sentence levels. They also learned to produce assimilated and linked sounds to further improve their intelligibility.