- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- French Language Learning Methods
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Text Readability and Simplification
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Language Development and Disorders
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Alexander von Humboldt Studies
- Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Australian Indigenous Culture and History
University of Central Lancashire
2019-2021
University of Canterbury
2014
Current research shows that listeners are generally accurate at estimating speakers’ age from their speech. This study investigates the effect of speaker first language and role played by such characteristics as fundamental frequency speech rate. In this English Japanese speakers listened to English- Japanese-accented estimated speaker’s age. We find highest correlation between real for listening speakers, followed both with coming last. be younger than listeners, groups estimate male a...
Purpose Idea density has been shown to influence comprehension time for text in various populations. This study aims explore the of spoken idea on attainment young, healthy subjects using demographic characteristics.Methods Students watched two online lectures and answered 10 multiple choice questions them. received one more dense (MID) less (LID) lecture different subjects.Results Seventy-five students completed achieving a higher median score after idea-dense (LID = 7(3), MID 6(3), p...
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