期刊名称：EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
电子版ISSN：2376-905X
出版年度：2014
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：69-84
出版社：E-JournALL
摘要：While appropriate stress and rhythm is of importance for any speaker's intelligibility, such properties are critical for inte rnational teaching assistants (ITA), w ho deliver new and complex information to native speaker audiences. Given the limited time available for ITA instruction and the need for a time - efficient rhythm teaching method, this article reports findings of a small - scale feasibility study that tested the effectiveness of a synchronous speech component introduced into conventional rhythm instruction. Synchronous speech involves teacher and learner speaking in unison continuously, which allows the L2 learner to learn rhythm implicitly and uninterruptedly , and provides rich auditory - visual input, ample motor speech practice and real - time feedback, thereby automatizing rhythm patterns. In a 6 - week - long pre - post experimental feasibility study, blind listeners evaluated pre - training and post - training recordin gs of ITA - produced speech. Data revealed a trend towards more improvement in L2 rhythm working with the synchronous speech technique. Results establish feasibility i n both instruction and research
关键词：SPOKEN ENGLISH; PRONUNCIATION TEACHING; ENGLISH RHYTHM; SYNCHRONOUS SPEECH; RHYTHM INSTRUCTION.
