Comprehensibility: A Useful Tool to Explore Listener Understanding

Autor/inn/en	Kennedy, Sara; Tromovich, Pavel
Titel	Comprehensibility: A Useful Tool to Explore Listener Understanding
Quelle	In: Canadian Modern Language Review, 75 (2019) 4, S.275-284 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0008-4506
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Difficulty Level; Speech Communication; Social Influences; Teaching Methods; Pronunciation; Intercultural Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Sozialer Einfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aussprache; Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Abstract	In this review article, we discuss the construct of second language (L2) comprehensibility, which refers to listeners' judgments of ease or difficulty in understanding L2 speech. We first briefly describe intelligibility and comprehensibility, two measures that capture listener understanding of L2 speech. We then present evidence that supports the value of comprehensibility as a measure of understanding. We outline findings showing that L2 comprehensibility can be socially influenced, dynamic, and linked to multiple elements, both language-related and other. Finally, we discuss how researchers, teachers, as well as speakers and listeners can approach L2 comprehensibility in ways that account for its nuanced and complex nature. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01