An Investigation Into the Effectiveness of Online Dictation Exercises for Teaching English Reduced Forms to Japanese Learners of English

Résumé du livre

Reduced forms such as "gonna" and "gotta" can pose comprehension problems for second language learners. In order to address this problem, researchers in the field of second language listening have explored whether explicit instruction on these forms can improve learners' ability to understand them. The instruction provided in the majority of the studies has involved dictation.