This study provides a direct comparison of boundary and prominence perception strategies
between Japanese EFL learners and native speakers of English using the Rapid Prosody …

Speech prosody is an essential aspect of communication, together with co-speech visual
information, aiding in the comprehension of new information in face-to-face conversations …

We investigate how Japanese learners of English as a Foreign Language (JEFLs) perceive
prosodic boundaries and prominence in spontaneous English with the Rapid Prosody …

This paper investigates focus projection in Bulgarian English from an empirical perspective.
The term Bulgarian English is used to refer to a variety of English spoken by English …

It is important for listeners to perceive boundaries and prominences of an utterance correctly
for good communication. L2 learners have more difficulties in speech perception than L1 …

Pronunciation training is a notoriously difficult domain in foreign language teaching.
Appropriate training requires well-trained instructors, individual attention, careful feedback …