Information Transmission of English by Japanese Learners of English

Examines how Japanese learners of English transmit information in the target language. Results indicate that the amount of utterance and information did not necessarily correlate; speech patterns of the Japanese differed from those of native speakers; and the students possessed potential oral profic...

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Published inInternational review of applied linguistics in language teaching, IRAL Vol. 35; no. 3; p. 187
Main Authors Suenobu, Mineo, Yamane, Shigeru, Kanzaki, Kazuo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Walter de Gruyter GmbH 1997
Subjects
College Students
Communication
Community colleges
Correlation
Data Analysis
English
English (Second Language)
English as a second language learning
English teachers
Japanese language
Japanese People
Language
Language Laboratories
Language Patterns
Language Proficiency
Learning Laboratories
Linguistics
Native Speakers
Nonnative Speakers
Nouns
Oral Language
Second Language Instruction
Sentence Structure
Speech
Speech Communication
Teaching
Time Factors (Learning)
University students
Japan
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Summary:Examines how Japanese learners of English transmit information in the target language. Results indicate that the amount of utterance and information did not necessarily correlate; speech patterns of the Japanese differed from those of native speakers; and the students possessed potential oral proficiency if given enough time. (26 references) (Author/CK)
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ISSN:0019-042X
1613-4141
DOI:10.1515/iral.1997.35.3.187