Download Why We Don't Believe This article, conducted at the University of Chicago in 2007, shows that Americans do not view others who have foreign accents as being as credible or believable as those who do not have foreign accents. This is unfortunate and not fair, for America was founded by …
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VIEWPOINT: WHAT BRAIN RESEARCH CAN TELL US ABOUT ACCENT MODIFICATION
Download Brain Research Dr. Ojakangas who is a neuroscientist, as well as a speech pathologist, published this article in 2014 describing many of the ways that brain research findings can be applied to accent modification. In this article, she reviews the motor learning and habit formation …
LISTENERS’ COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE REACTIONS TO ENGLISH SPEAKERS WITH STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH AND ASIAN ACCENTS
Download Listeners Cognitive And Affective Reactions This article (2007) examined listeners’ perceptions of individuals with Standard American English versus and Asian accent (in this case, Vietnamese). The results showed that listeners (who were American) perceived the Asian speakers to be poorer …
