The effects of computer-assisted pronunciation readings on ESL learners' use of pausing, stress, intonation, and overall comprehensibility

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 51-65

  Tanner, Mark W ^a   Landon, Melissa M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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