Identifying oroblematic segmental features to acquire comprehensible pronunciation in EFL settings: The case of Japanese learners of english

RELC Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-378

  Saito, Kazuya ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

comprehensibility; Intelligible pronunciation; segmental; teacher questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755182725     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688211420275     Document Type: Article

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