Shortening in English as recognized by Iraqi EFL learners AT the university level : a perceptual study
Joint Authors
al-Rashid, Balqis I. G.
Karim, Furqan Abd al-Rida
Source
Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities
Issue
Vol. 40, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.45-74, 30 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
30
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
The present research investigates the ability of EFL Iraqi learners at the University level in recognizing vowel shortening in English.
It consists of three parts : The theoretical part, the experimental part, and conclusion.
The theoretical part discusses some basic features of English vowel sounds, vowel versus consonants, the anatomy of a vowel, pure vowels and their articulatory, auditory and acoustic features.
It also displays definitions and cases of English vowel shortening.
The practical part is devoted to describe the test conducted by the researcher as well as showing the results of the subjects' performance in the test.
It introduces the objectives of the test , some basic details about the stimuli, subjects, CD–tape recording, the answer sheet, and the procedures.
The last part presents the conclusions based on the main results of the test .
The research terminates with references and an appendix .
* The present paper is extracted from an M.A.
Study conducted by the second author and supervised by the first one.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Rashid, Balqis I. G.& Karim, Furqan Abd al-Rida. 2015. Shortening in English as recognized by Iraqi EFL learners AT the university level : a perceptual study. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities،Vol. 40, no. 3, pp.45-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-791543
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Rashid, Balqis I. G.& Karim, Furqan Abd al-Rida. Shortening in English as recognized by Iraqi EFL learners AT the university level : a perceptual study. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities Vol. 40, no. 3 (2015), pp.45-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-791543
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Rashid, Balqis I. G.& Karim, Furqan Abd al-Rida. Shortening in English as recognized by Iraqi EFL learners AT the university level : a perceptual study. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities. 2015. Vol. 40, no. 3, pp.45-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-791543
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendix : p. 73-74
Record ID
BIM-791543