The effects of nonnative accents on listening comprehension: Implications for ESL assessment

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-190

  Major, Roy C ^a   Fitzmaurice, Susan F ^b   Bunta, Ferenc ^a   Balasubramanian, Chandrika ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14844312476     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588329     Document Type: Article

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