Testing the Effects of Regional, Ethnic, and International Dialects of English on Listening Comprehension
Testing the Effects of Regional, Ethnic, and International Dialects of English on Listening Comprehension
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测试英语的地区、民族和国际方言对听力理解的影响
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2005
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C. Balasubramanian
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R. Major;S. Fitzmaurice;F. Bunta;C. Balasubramanian
人们普遍认为，听众比其他方言更容易理解某些方言，尽管很少有研究严格衡量其影响。这项研究调查了听众在使用地区性、民族性和国际性英语方言时是否比使用标准美式英语遇到更多困难。结果表明，说话者方言对英语作为第二语言 (ESL) 听众 (n = 158) 和英语母语听众 (n = 58) 都有显着影响。与标准美式英语相比，ESL 听众在听到种族和国际英语方言的听力理解测试中得分较低；然而，听方言和标准美式英语的人的分数没有显着差异。这些结果表明，在英语作为外语测试等听力理解测试中应考虑地方方言。
It is widely believed that listeners understand some dialects more easily than others, although there is very little research that has rigorously measured the effects. This study investigated whether listeners experience more difficulty with regional, ethnic, and international dialects of English than with Standard American English. The results demonstrated that speaker dialect had a significant effect for both English as a second language (ESL) listeners (n = 158) and native-English-speaking listeners (n = 58). ESL listeners scored lower on listening comprehension tests hearing ethnic and international dialects of English compared to Standard American English; however, there were no significant differences between the scores of those hearing regional dialect and Standard American English. These results suggest that regional dialects should be considered in listening comprehension tests such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language.