Speech Rate as and Indicator of Fluency in the Russian of Finnish Learners.
Ullakonoja, Riikka. 2009. Speech Rate as an Indicator of Fluency in the Russian of Finnish Learners. In: O'Dell, Michael & Nieminen, Tommi (eds.) Fonetiikan päivät 2008 - The Phonetics Symposium 2008. Tampere Studies in Language, Translation and Culture, Series B. 97-109.
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2009This study focuses on the speech rate development of 12 Finnish university students
of Russian during their 3.5-month-study abroad experience. Speech and
articulation rates are measured in phonetic words per second and syllables per
second in the Russian read-aloud speech of the subjects. This is done at three
recordings: prior to, during and following their stay in Russia. The results are
compared to their read-aloud Finnish speech. The students are also compared
depending on the residence (host-family vs. dormitories) in Russia. The study
shows that speech and articulation rates correlate with the evaluated fluency of
the speech samples. It was found that speech rate is a better indicator of fluency
than articulation rate in non-native read-aloud speech. The results also show
that articulation rate in mother tongue (Finnish) and foreign language (Russian)
correlate with each other more than speech rate.
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